1. THE PASSIVE VOICE
VERB BE (Present Tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE
* Is – when the subject is singular
Are – when the subject is plural
Exercise 1 - Passive Voice – Simple Present
1. We (greet) ______________ by the hosts.
2. New houses (built) ______________ in West Germany every year.
3. The workers (not pay) ________________ well.
4. I (go) ______________ before anyone notices.
5. Books (write) ________________ by writers.
6. Books (read) __________________ by readers.
7. Gifts (give) ___________________ on special occasions.
8. My boots (not make) ________________ of leather.
9. Most products that we buy (make) ________________ in China.
10. Marijuana (not sell) ___________________ legally.
Present Past Simple Past Participle
Greet Greeted Greeted
Build Built Built
Pay Paid Paid
Go Went Gone
Write Wrote Written
Read Read Read
Make Made Made
Sell Sold Sold

2. Exercise 2 - Passive Voice – Simple Present
Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Present.
1. He (sell) cars.
2. The blue car (sell) .
3. In summer, more ice-cream (eat) than in winter.
4. She (call) her grandparents every Friday.
5. The letters (type) .
6. He (take) his medicine every day.
7. Jane (take / not) to school by her father.
8. We (go) to school by bus.
9. She (work / not) for a bank.
10. Milk (keep) in the refrigerator.
Present Past Simple Past Participle
Sell sold sold
Eat ate eaten
Call called called
Type typed typed
Take took taken
Go went gone
Work worked worked
Keep kept kept

3. Questions in Passive Voice
1. ________ your sweater (make) ________ of wool?
2. _________ motorcycles (buy) ___________ in the winter?
3. ___________ bananas (grow) ____________ in Russia?
4. ___________ corn (produce) _____________ in the United States?
5. ___________ borsch (eat) ________________ only by aristocrats?
6. ___________ cocaine (sell) __________ freely in Holland?
7. _________ “War and peace” (write) ______________ by Tolstoy?
8. __________ vodka (drink) __________ only in Russia?
9. ___________ any hostages (take) _______________ ?
10. _________ you (pay) ___________ well?
Present Past Simple Past Participle
Make Made Made
Buy Bought Bought
Grow Grew Grown
Produce Produced Produced
Eat Ate Eaten
Sell Sold Sold
Write Wrote Written
Drink Drank drunk
Take Took taken
Pay Paid paid