VII. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Use active or passive voice.
1. A lot of old songs ____________________ on the radio last week. (PLAY)
2. The President ____________________________ about the coup in Central America. (JUST INFORM)
3. If I ____________________ you I wouldn't go to the meeting. (BE)
4. The bank manager told me that the house ________________________ for. (NOT PAY)
5. I _________________________ the guitar since I was in nursery school. (PLAY)
6. Margie is very happy because she __________________________ an engagement ring from her boyfriend. (JUST RECEIVE)
7. I _______________________ after the children while the garage ________________________ . (LOOK , REPAIR)
8. When Jane came to the office, she found out that her boss ________________________ . (ALREADY LEAVE)
9. Please don't interrupt us. We ____________________ an important conversation. (HAVE)
10.I reported to the police that my stamp collection _______________________ the week before. (STEAL)
11.A short time after the pedestrian _______________________ by the car the ambulance ____________________ . (HIT, ARRIVE)
12.When Mr Kennel entered the room, emails ________________________ by his assistants. (TYPE)
13.Dad ________________________ for over three weeks. (NOT SMOKE)
14.He normally ____________________ up on his own but yesterday he ____________________ by his mom. (WAKE, WAKE)
15.They usually ____________________ visitors at the hospital. (NOT ALLOW)
16.All the houses in our street _______________________ every year during the Christmas season. (DECORATE)
17.India _______________________ independence in 1947. (GRANT)
18.They _______________________ in southern Italy since the end of the war. (LIVE)
19.I ______________________ a car by the garage so that I could drive home. (GIVE)
20.Tom's father is an excellent athlete. He ____________________ some sort of sport every day. (DO)
2. Fill each gap with the correct form of the verb in brackets, using the passive voice.
1. Hundreds of people ____are killed____ in last night’s earthquake. (kill)
2. ____was____ the whole city ___destroyed____ by the storm? That was terrible! (destroy)
3. Three people ____are trapped____ here. We need to help them now. (trap)
4. All the victims ____are taken____ to an evacuation centre in the early morning. (take)
5. Five people ____had been reported____ missing after the flood swept through the town last week.(report)
1. were killed