Advanced passive forms- Proficiency C2-2 -SPEAK OUT UNIT 3B

Change the active to the passive

1. shakespeare wrote that play

That play ___________ by Shakespeare

Answer explanation

Past Simple

Active - wrote

Passive - was written

Change the active to the passive

2. Bill will invite Ann to the party

Ann ________________ by Billy to the party

Answer explanation

Future

Active -will invite

Passive - will be invited

Change the active to the passive

3. Alex is preparing that report.

That report ________________ by Alex.

Answer explanation

Present Continuous

Active - is preparing

Passive - is/are being preparing

Change the active to the passive

5. Two horses were pulling the farmer's wagon

The farmer's wagon ________________by two horses.

Answer explanation

Past Continuous

Active - were pulling

Passive - was being pulled

Change the active to the passive

6. Kathy had returned the book to the library.

The book _______________ to the library by Kathy

Answer explanation

Past Perfect

Active - had returned

Passive - had been returned

Form the passive, using the it + passive verb + that structure:

They believed that tomatoes were poisonous.

Form the passive, using the it + passive verb + that structure:

People say eating too much junk food is bad for you.

Answer explanation

In this structure, if that is followed by a verb, the verb is generally a gerund (-ing) - eating.

Form the passive, using the it + passive verb + that structure:

They thought eating honey cured hay fever.

Form the passive, using the there + passive verb + to be / to have been structure:

They think that there are about 5,200 varieties of potato.

Answer explanation

Which one to choose: to be or to have been? This structure will contain to verbs: the first one must go into the passive as normal (think - are thought). Now, look at the second verb - are. It's in a present tense, so we'll go with to be. Had it been were, we would have chosen to have been to match the past tense.

Form the passive, using the there + passive verb + to be / to have been structure:

It is known that there were early human settlements near natural salt deposits.