The Passive

The local people are angry because these old trees ... down next week.

• are going to be cut

• are going to cut

The first email between two organisations ... in 1971.

• was sent

• send

Currently, English ... as an official language in almost 60 coountries.

• uses

• is used

I promise that you ... as soon as your bags arrive.

• will be informed

• informed

The thief ... yet, but I'm sure they'll catch him soon.

• hasn't caught

• hasn't been caught

By the time we arrived, all the best seats ..., so we had to sit right at the back.

• had already been taken

• had already taken

A Passive Sentence ...

• I wrote that report.

• That report was written by me.

A passive sentence ...

• We were told about this restaurant by my sister.

• My sister told us about this restaurant.

An active sentence ...

• We can only dream of the technology of 2100.

• The technology of 2100 can only be dreamed of.

An active sentence ...

• The bridge had already been built 1000 years ago.

• Someone had already built this bridge 1000 years ago.