CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE (8) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE

 

EXERCISE 10. Active vs. passive. Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in parentheses. 1 Yesterday our teacher (arrive) ____ arrived ____ five minutes late. 2 Our morning paper (read) ________________ by over 200,000 people every day. 3 Last night my favourite TV program (interrupt) ________________ by a special news bulletin. 4 That's not my coat. It (belong) ________________ to Louise. 5 Our mail (deliver) ________________ before noon every day. 6 The "b" in "comb" (pronounce, not) ________________. It is silent. 7 A bad accident (happen) ________________ on Highway 95 last night. 8 When I (arrive) ________________ at the airport yesterday, I (meet) ________________ my cousin and a couple of her friends. 9 Yesterday I (hear) ________________ about Margaret's divorce. I (surprise) ________________ by the news. Janice (shock) ________________. 10 A new house (build) ________________ next to ours next year. 11 Roberto (write) ________________ this composition last week. That one (write) ________________ by Abdullah. 12 Radium (discover) ________________ by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898. 13 At the soccer game yesterday, the winning goal (kick) ________________ by Luigi. Over 100,000 people (attend) ________________ the soccer game. 14 A: Do you understand the explanation in the book? B: No, I don't. I (confuse) ________________ by it. 15 A: Where are you going to go to school next year? B: I (accept) ________________ by Shoreline Community College, 16 A: I think football is too violent. B: I (agree) ________________ with you. I (prefer) ________________ baseball. 17 A: When (your bike, steal) ________________? B: Two days ago 18 A: (you, pay) ________________ your electric bill yet? B: No, I haven't, but I'd better pay it today. If I don't, my electricity (shut off) ________________ by the power company 19 A: Did you hear about the accident? B: No. What (happen) ________________? A: A bicyclist (hit) ________________ by a taxi in front of the dorm. B: (the bicyclist, injure) ________________? A: Yes. Someone (call) ________________ an ambulance. The bicyclist (take) to City Hospital and (treat) ________________ in the emergency ward for cuts and bruises. B: What (happen) ________________ to the taxi driver? A: He (arrest) ________________ for reckless driving. B: He's lucky that the bicyclist (kill, not) ________________. 20 The Eiffel Tower (be) ________________ in Paris, France. It (visit) ________________ by millions of people every year. It (design) ________________ Eiffel (1832-1923). It (erect) ________________ in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it (be) ________________ the most famous landmark in Paris. Today it (recognize) by people throughout the world.

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