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Grammar: The passive voice

Passive voice

Have a look at these examples:

  • Radium was discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie.
  • The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell

Grammar Activity

Read the sentences below and fill in the missing words.

paint     speak 
produce 
invent  build
buy
grow
introduce
make write
  1. Olives in many regions of Spain.
  2. Spanish in many countries around the world.
  3. The Pyramids of Giza by ancient Egyptians.
  4. Nowadays, many computer in Korea.
  5. Gold in California in 1848.
  6. The light bulb by Thomas Edison.
  7. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
  8. Three hundred tonnes of rice at the Riet Vell Nature Reserve in Spain.
  9. Paper-making in the 2nd century BC in China.
  10. The rules of modern day football in 1863 in England.

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Passive voice.

Change this active sentences into the passive voice.

  1. I gave Tim a book for Christmas.
  2. The CEO called off the meeting.
  3. The postman delivers mail every day.
  4. My neighbor found a bag on the bus yesterday.
  5. I think they make these cars in Vigo.
  6. Someone broke our window last night.
  7. My mom made me a cake yesterday.
  8. They often read emails.