PASSIVE SENTENCES TESTS

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TEST 2.

Change these sentences from active to passive. Use a personal subject wherever possible.

1 We clean the garages every day.
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2 Someone has given him a lot of money.
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3 The police arrested two hundred people.
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4 Paul wrote the words and John made the music.
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5 We check every car engine thoroughly.
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6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.
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7 We opened the factory at nine o'clock.
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8 They send two million books to America every year.
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9 Did he give you enough sugar?
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10 No-one has ever taught the pupils to do that exercise.
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11 John Hughes built the biggest sand castle in the world.
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12 They showed me the palace where the king lived.
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13 Has anyone ever asked you to tell the story?
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14 They watered the plants and swept the floor in my absence.
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15 The Scots drink more alcohol than the Irish.
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CAUSATIVE SENTENCES

 Use in Different Tenses

1-Present Simple               causative form

He paints  his shoes........... He hashadhas hadhis shoes paintpaintedpaints.

2-Present Continuous

He is mending his car.............He hashadis havinghis car mendmendedmending.

3-Past Simple

She watered her garden...........She  hadhas hadwas hadher garden waterwaterswatered.

4-Past Continuous

She  was perming her hair..........She has hadhadwas havingher hair  permed.

5-Future Simple

I will repair the roof.........I will be havingwill havehavethe roof repairedrepairingrepair.

6-Present Perfect

The manager has cleaned the windows.........The manager hadhad hadhas hadthe windowscleannedcleanedclean.

7-Present Perfect Continuous

She has been taking photos……………..She has havinghas been havinghad beenphotostokentakentaked.

8-Past Perfect

You had ironed  your T-shirt....You had hadhadhas hadyour shirt ironedironirons.

9-Past Perfect Continous

He had been decorating  your house...........You have been havinghad been havinghas been having your house  decoratesdecoratedecorated.

10-Modal/Infinitive

He may send the parcel.........You may havehave mayhad the parcel sentsendsended.

11-Future Continuous

I will  be cutting my hair …..I will havingwill have beenwill be havingmy hair  cuttedcutedcut.

Q1 - I'm going ............ at the new hairdresser's

to get my hair cut
to cut my hair

Q2 - She needs to ........

have her car repairs
have her car repaired

Q3 - I really must get ....... the central heating

somebody to fix
somebody fix

Q4 - They ought to have ........ replace the broken windows

somebody to
somebody

Q5 - He ......... while he was away on holiday

had his flat burgled
burgled his flat

Q6 - I .......... my phone repaired after I dropped it

had
had to

Q7 - She didn't have time to get to the shops and .......

get her film developed
develop her film

Q8 - It took ages to get ...........

somebody do it
somebody to do it

Q9 - I'll ....... John to do it when he arrives

get
have

Q10 - She ......... on the underground last week

had her purse stolen
got her purse stolen

Q11 - He .......... tickets sent to his home address yesterday

has had
had

Q12 - You should .......... a long time ago

have it fixed
have had it fixed

Q13 - They couldn't .......... anyone to fix their burst pipes

get
have

Q14 - They had it ....... by the same person who decorated their old house

to do
done

Q15 - After winning a fortune, she ....... her family to do everything for her

gets
has

Q16 - I ......... the house redecorated if I could afford it

would have
would have had

Q17 - He got a friend ........ him at the airport

meet
to meet

Q18 - The teacher ...... him do all the work again

had
got

Q19 - He ....... his bags loaded onto the train by a porter

had
get

Q20 - I had my car ......... a fortnight ago

service
serviced

Q21 - I'm going to have them ____ it

fix
fixed

have something done

Complete the sentences and make clear that the people don't / didn't do it themselves. (The first sentence is given as an example.)

1. Yesterday, (I / cut / my hair) .
2. Every Friday, (Joe / wash / his car) .
3. Tomorrow, (she / repair / her shower) .
4. Each Saturday, (we / deliver / a pizza)  to our home.
5. Last year, (Bob / clean / his house)  by a charwoman.
6. As Phil had a broken arm, (he / type / his texts)  by his secretary.
7. (I / pick up / the goods)  tomorrow in the afternoon.
8. (we / redecorate / our walls)  last summer.
9. Whenever Clara is staying at this hotel, (she / carry / her bags)  into her room.
10. (we / organise / our last party)  by professionals.

Fill the gaps with have and the verb in brackets in their correct forms.

1	We ___________ the roof ___________ last year. It cost us a packet. (repair)
2	Anne ___________ her hair ___________ every Friday afternoon. (do)
3	I ___________ the brakes ___________ three times a year. (check)
4	The government ___________ the whole town ___________ yesterday. (evacuate)
5	I ___________ my hard drive ___________ for a bigger one last week. (change)
6	When did you last ___________ the airconditioning ___________ ? (service)
7	You don't think Liv Tyler's beautiful?! You should ___________ your eyes ___________ . (test)
8	After the plague of fleas, the boss ___________ the office ___________ . (disinfect)
9	Your cat's coughing. You need to ___________ him ___________ for parasites. (treat)
10	Daphne ___________ her legs ___________ once a fortnight. (do)
11	I normally ___________ my suit dry ___________ before a wedding. (clean)
12	The headmaster ___________ all the lockers ___________ for the missing footballs yesterday. (search)
13	Have you ___________ your house ___________ ? (double-glaze)
14	Have you ___________ that poster I bought you ___________ yet? (frame)
15	The house is in chaos. We're ___________ a new kitchen ___________ in. (put)

IMPERSONAL SENTENCES

1. People know that she is a good swimmer.
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2. They say that Francis is in hospital.
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3. They think that the children are in bed.
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4. People believe that the robber has worked in the bank.
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5. People believe that nuclear power stations are dangerous.
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6. His collegues thought that he was on holiday.
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7. People know that cars pollute the environment.
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8. They suppose that the new product will come out soon.
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9. They found that the mission was impossible.
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10. They believe that she will win a gold medal.
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