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WorksheetsPASSIVE VOICE IN PRESENT
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 18mins
Read the next paragraph and choose the best option to complete each blank. Use the passive voice in simple present to answer this exercise.
BUYING BY INTERNET
You have probably seen ads in newspapers or TV. for mail-order firms. Perhaps a catalogue (1) _______ (send) to you. Why do people buy things they haven’t seen in person? Some people believe that things (2) _________ (buy) more cheaply by mail. Another advantage of buying by mail is that it is more comfortable to sit at home and look through a catalogue than to rush around the stores. With a catalogue from a large firm, you have your own shop window for almost everything you want to buy.
Buying from a catalogue is very easy and time and trouble (3) _____ (save) by the shopper. Sometimes it saves the shopper money on one item. But people often buy more than they want because they can buy on time. They perhaps pay a certain percent of the total price – a down payment. Then they pay a certain amount of money every month until the merchandise (4) _______ completely (5) ________ (pay).
1.
are sent
is sent
was sent
has sent
2
have bought
are buyed
are bought
is bought
3
will be saved
are save
is saved
are saved
4
is
are
was
were
5
pays
paid
payed
pay
Look at the next sentences and choose the best option to complete their passive voice in present:
Two bikes thieves _______________ by the police.
is arrested
are arrested
was arrested
were arrested
Our dog _______________ every year in March.
is vaccinated
are vaccinated
was vaccinate
were vaccinated
This movie _______________ by Steven Spielberg.
is made
are made
was made
were made
Girls and boys _______________ the same things in our school.
is taught
are taught
was taught
were taught
The lights _______________ off at 10 o’clock.
is usually switched
are usually switched
was usually switched
were usually switched
