Exercise 7. Complete each statement or question in the Present Continuous Tense, Passive Voice. The main verb is in parentheses.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 667.

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in correct form, Present Simple or Past Simple, active or passive.

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks with the prepositions by or with.

1. The boat was carried ____________ the waves into the open sea.

2. The teacher was pleased ___________ our work.

3. America was discovered _____________ Columbus.

4. “Hamlet” was written ___________ Shakespeare.

5. Soup is eaten ___________ a spoon.

6. He was knocked down __________ a big stick.

7. He was knocked down __________ a car.

8. He was taken to hospital ___________ an ambulance.

9. He was treated ___________ very effective drugs.

10. He was cured __________ a very skillful doctor.

11. The letter was written __________ a pencil.

12. He was scolded __________ his mother.

1. Water __________________(cover) most of the earth's surface.

2. How much of the earth's surface _____________________(cover) by water?

3. The park gates _________________ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

4. The letter _________________ (post) a week ago and it ______________ (arrive) yesterday.

5. The boat hit a rock and _____________ (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody_____________ (rescue).

6. Richard's parents __________________ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister______________________(bring up) by their grandparents.

7. While I was on holiday, my camera _______________________ (steal) from my hotel room.

8. While I was on holiday, my camera ____ ______________(disappear) from my hotel room.

9. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ________________(call) an ambulance but nobody______(injure), so the ambulance ___________________(not / need).

10. ______________ (somebody / clean) this room yesterday?

1. The baby __________________________________ by his mother. (feed)

2. My videos ___________________________________ by a lot of people on YouTube. (watch)

3. __________ you _______________________________? (help)

4. I ___________________________________________ by a strange person in the car behind me. (follow)

5. The room _________________________________________ by the housekeeping staff. (clean)

6. ________ she ______________________________________ at work? (train)

7. This TV show __________________________________________ around the world. (seen)

8. Those old computers _________________________________________ very much these days. (use -negative)

9. My tomatoes ___________________________________________ by chipmunks. (eat)

10. _________ Jeff _____________________________________ to Iraq? (send)