Exercises: Is Delivered
Exercises: Is Delivered
Exercises: Is Delivered
1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present
Simple.
is spoke
a. English ____________________ (speak) in many countries.
b. is delivered
c. ______________________________
are the built used any more (the building/use) any more?
are the olympyc games held
d. How often ______________________________ (the Olympic Games(hold)?
is your name spelt
e. How _______________________ (your name/spell)?
is paid
f. My salary _____________________ (pay) every month.
are not made
g. These cars _________________________ (not make) in Japan.
are not known
h. The name of the people who committed the crime _____________________ (not know).
are not paid
i. His travel expenses ________________________ (not pay) by his company.
2. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.
was repaired
a. My car ______________________ (repair) last week.
was not written
b. This song ________________________ (not write) by John Lennon.
was answered the phone
c. ________________________________ (the phone/answer) by a young girl?
was made
d. The film ________________________ (make) ten years ago.
was tennis invented
e. When ______________________________ (tennis/invent)?
was not damaged
f. The car ________________________ (not damaged) in the accident.
was pulled
g. The original building _________________________ (pull) down in 1965.
was this pot made
h. Where ______________________________ (this pot/make)?
was this bridge built
i. When _______________________________ (this bridge/build)?
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3. Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
FIAT
Fiat 0 was started (started/was started) by a group of Italian businessmen in 1899. In 1903, Fiat,
1 was produced
_________________ (produced/was produced) 132 cars. Some of these cars
2 were exported
_____________________ (exported/were exported) by the company to the United States and Britain.
In 1920, Fiat 3_________________
started (started/was started) making cars at a new factory at Lingotto, near
Turin. There was a track on the roof where the cars 4____________________
were tested (tested/were tested) by
5 was called
technicians. In 1936, Fiat launched the Fiat 500. This car ____________________ (called/was called)
the Topolino the Italian name for Mickey Mouse. The company grew, and in 1963 Fiat
6 exported
_____________________ (exported/was exported) more than 300,000 vehicles. Today, Fiat is based in
Turin, and its cars 7_________________
are sold (sold/are sold) all over the world.
4. Change the following sentences into passive sentences using the words in brackets.
a. We sell tickets for all shows at the Box Office. (Tickets for all shows/sell/at the Box Office)
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b. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb. (The electric light bulb/invent/by Thomas Edison)
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c. Someone painted the office last week. (The office/paint/last week)
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d. Several people saw the accident. (The accident/see/by several people)
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e. Where do they make these video recorders? (Where/these video recorders/make)
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