52 Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive tense, as in the example.

1 Two men were seen (see) running out of the bank yesterday morning.

2 The flowers ..................... (already/ water)

3 The Smiths’ house ............... (paint) at the moment.

4 The rubbish ....................(already/collect) when I left for work.

5 The note .....................(could/not/read) because the handwriting was very messy.

6 Our exams ....................(not/mark) yet.

7 His car ...........................(wash) every Saturday.

8 The window .....................(break) before the children arrived.

9 Many houses ....................(destroy) by the hurricane.

10 Mary ...............................(invite) to the party but unfortunately she couldn’t make it.

53 Imagine, that rich and famous, you return to your old home town after fifty years. A lot of things are different. Make sentences with present perfect passive, using words from the boxes.

Example: The Cafe Royal has been turned into a casino.

build modernize put up in

park rebuild widen

turn into casino / floating

restaurants/ museum

supermarket / theatre

pedestrian precinct

Cafe Royal

houseboats new car park new schools opera house old fire station ring road

station streets town center Super Cinema statue of you your house

54 Change the structure.

1 Nothing was sent to me. I was sent nothing.

2 Papers were brought to us to sign. We .......................................... 3 A clock was given to Henry when he retired. Henry ....................................

4 Stories were read to the children. The children ........................................

5 $ 5 000 is owed to me. I .....................................................................

6 A new job has been offered to me. I ........................................................... 7 A car has been lent to me for the week. I .................................................... 8 A lot of lies were told me by the secretary. I ............................................... 9 A full explanation was promised to us. We ................................................ 10 French is taught to us by Mrs. Loraunce. We .............................................

55 Imagine you are in a busy hotel at midday. Make sentences using present continuous passive to say what is being done, using words from the two boxes.

Example: Beds are being made.

bring down change clean lay make order pay prepare serve take welcome

Beds bills coffee drinks food luggage money new guests reservations rooms tables