Add the agent to the sentence using prepositions “by”, “with”.

1. Bread is cut (a knife).

2. The table is being laid for dinner (Ann).

3. Jack was overwhelmed (joy).

4. I was told the news (a man).

5. Sue was reprimanded (the Dean) yesterday as she had missed many classes.

6. I was introduced to the manager (the secretary).

7. The case has been mentioned to me (the lawyer).

8. The situation was explained to us (the parents).

9. In winter rivers and lakes are covered (ice).

10. Some flower, salt, eggs, sugar, butter and milk were beaten into the mixture (a mixer).

1.4 Complete the sentences mentioning the agent.

1. Her decision to go to France to study painting was influenced…

2. The man was followed…

3. A zebra is marked…

4. The UK is governed…

5. The fire in the house was caused…

6. The teacher was accompanied…

7. Your work is characterized…

8. The criminal confessed at once when he was confronted…

9. The prices are hardly controlled…

10. The two parts of the city were joined…

                       The Tense Forms of the Verb in the Passive

Transform the sentences into the passive voice and ask questions to the underlined words in the Passive Voice.

a) Example: They grow rice in China.

Rice is grown in China. What is grown in China?

We don't drink tea very often.

Vegetarians don't eat meat.

Liz reads a newspaper every day.

We pay the bill before leaving the restaurants.

I buy bread every morning.

John usually meets her on his way home.

He changes cars once a year.

Somebody cleans the room every day.

People don't use this road very often.

How do people learn languages?

b) Example: They cancelled all flights because of the fog.

All flights were cancelled because of the fog. Why were all flights cancelled?

Somebody accused me of stealing money.

People advised us not to go out alone.

I cooked fish soup for dinner.

Ann broke her leg in an accident.

Did you beat out the carpets?

John took my diary.

The dressmaker spoiled my dress.

We did not see him last year.

c) Example: She will open the jar.

The jar will be opened. What will be opened?

They will cut down the tree soon.

We will wash the dishes after dinner.

Don't go there! Bees will sting you.

The police will arrest the criminal.

Jane will alter her elder sister's dress for the party.

They will air the classroom in the interval.

How will you lengthen this dress?

Dick will invite us to the party.

d) Example: Somebody is using the computer at the moment.

The computer is being used at the moment. When is the computer being used?

Jane ismaking up her face in the bedroom.

Is he writing a new book now?

They are building a concert hall near our house.

The committee is considering several new proposals.

John is calling the other members.

e) Example: I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation.

I didn’t realise that our conversation was being recorded. Whose conversation was being recorded?

Mary was scolding her daughter when I entered the room.

I was watching the "Romeo and Juliet" at that moment.

While the man was reading the newspaper, Diana approached him.

What were you cooking when I rang you up?

Martha was delivering the documents to the department.

f) Example: Somebody has washed the floor.

The floor has been washed. What has been washed?

They have postponed the concert.

They have built a new hospital near the airport.

They have cooked vegetables too long.

I haven't dusted the furniture yet.

Somebody has taken my umbrella by mistake.

The police have found the people they were looking for.

They have redecorated the house lately.

She has just locked the door.

Tom gets a high salary now, they have promoted him.

g) Example: By noon they had cleaned the flat.

The flat had been cleaned by noon. By what time had the flat been cleaned?

He had bought a Volvo, before he sold his old car.

As Mary had left her bag behind she had to return home.

The car was three years old but they hadn't used it very much.

Mike went to hospital as a dog had bitten him in the street.

Who had sewn clothes for you before you learned sewing?

When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.

The company had ordered some new equipment before the strike began.

The delegates had received the information before the recess.

h) Example: John will have received the papers by tomorrow.

The papers will have been received by tomorrow. By what time will the papers have been received?

They will have provided the refreshments before the party begins.

They will have informed Janis about their plans before they leave for Paris.

They will have completed the research by next month.

They will have begun the programme by next year.

Maurice will have fixed the car by 6 o'clock.

Ask all types of questions.

1. She was nowhere to be seen.

2. My mother was taught languages.

3. Kate, you're wanted on the telephone.

4. As the church was emptied by now she began to walk towards the west door.

State the forms of the verbs and use them in sentences of

Your own, add some adverbs or adverbial phrases of time.

is being washed; had been written; is spoken; are kept; was used; will have been cooked; were being stolen; are sewn; had been soaked; will be taken; will have been mended; was spoilt; is being scolded; had been given; will be opened; was being swept; is read; was lost; will be found; is being watched; had been broken; was closed; was being bought.

Insert the proper tense in the Passive Voice (to be built).

1. Our house _____________a few years ago.

2. At present a new house______________ just opposite us.

3. It _________________in a year.

4. Many new houses ___________all over Russia in the past few years.

5. When I arrived in Moscow last year, I was greatly surprised to see that so many new houses_______________ during my absence.

6. When we first saw this house, it______________ still.

7. Hundreds of new houses _________________by the end of this year.

1.9 Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the
correct form:cause, damage, hold, include, invite, make,
overtake, translate, write.

1.Many accidents _________________by dangerous driving.

2.Cheese___________________ from milk.

3. The roof of the building___________________ in a storm a few days ago.

4.There's no need to leave a tip. Service________________ in the bill.

5.You___________________ to the wedding. Why didn't you go?

6.In the United States, elections for President______________every four years.

7.Originally the book _________in Spanish and a few years ago it into English.

8. We were driving along quite fast but we_____________ by lots of other cars.

Most of these sentences contain one mistake. Correct it.

1.My neighbour is very proud of her new grandson who born last week.

2. I'm very fond of this old brooch because it was belonged to my grandmother.

3. My family live in Scotland but I was educated in France.

4. I'm afraid I can't lend you my camera. It's repairing this week.

5. The bridge was collapsed during the floods but fortunately no one was using it at the time.

6. If you aren't careful what you are doing with that hammer someone will hurt in a minute!

7. The word 'stupid' was in my report but it wasn't referred to you.

8. I'm sorry I'm late. I got held up in the traffic.

9. When did you discover that the money had been disappeared?

10. Children under the age of seven do not allow in this pool.