CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE (10) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE

 

10-5 THE PASSIVE FORMS OF THE PRESENT AND PAST PROGRESSIVE EXERCISE 12. Passive forms. (Chart 10-5) Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct passive forms of the present and past progressive. 1 Mr. Rice is teaching our class today. → Our class _____ is being taught _____ by Mr. Rice today. 2 Someone is building a new house on Elm Street. → A new house _______________________________ on Elm Street 3 The Smith Construction Company is building that house. → That house _______________________________ by the Smith Construction Company. 4 We couldn't use our classroom yesterday because someone was painting it. → We couldn't use our classroom yesterday because it_______________________________. 5 Someone is organizing a student trip to the art museum. → A student trip to the art museum _______________________________. 6 Dogs usually wag their tails while people are petting them. → Dogs usually wag their tails while they _______________________________. 7 Many of the older people in the neighborhood were growing vegetables to help with the war effort. → Vegetables _______________________________ by many of the older people in the neighborhood to help with the war effort. 8 According to one scientific estimate, we are losing 20,000 species of plants and animals each year due to the destruction of rainforests. → According to one scientific estimate, 20,000 species of plants and animals ________________________ each year due to the destruction of rainforests.

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