1. Both sentences in each pair have the same meaning. Complete the second sentence.

a)       The crowd was slowly filling the huge stadium.

The huge stadium _________________________________________ by the crowd.

b) The inventor of the computer simplified the work of the accountants.

Since the computer _________________________the work of accountants ________________ simplified.

c) Someone has suggested that the shop should close.

It ______________________________that the shop should close.

d) 'I'd take out some travel insurance if I were you, Mr Smith.'

Mr Smith_________________________________ take out some travel insurance.

e) The waitress will bring your drinks in a moment.

Your drinks ______________________________________ in a moment.

f) Someone used a knife to open the window.

This window _______________________________a knife.

g) You will hear from us when we have finished dealing with your complaint.

After your complaint ________________________________________ , you will hear from us.

h) An announcement of their engagement appeared in the local paper.

Their engagement _____________________________________in the local paper.

i) Nobody ever heard anything of David again.

Nothing ___________________________________David again.

j) They paid Sheila £1,000 as a special bonus.

£1,000 __________________________________ Sheila as a special bonus.


2. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate passive verb form.

a) Nothing ________________________ (see) of Pauline since her car __________________________
(find) abandoned near Newbury last week.

b) As our new furniture _____________________(deliver) on Monday morning I'll have to stay at home
to check that it _________________ (not/damage) during transit.

c) The new Alhambra hatchback, which in this country ________________ (sell) under the name
'Challenger', ______________(fit) with electric windows as standard.

d) For the past few days I ______________________(work) in Jack's office, as

my own office __________________________(redecorate).

e) It _____________________(announce) that the proposed new office block ________________________
(now/not/build) because of the current economic situation.

f) A major new deposit of oil ___________________ (discover) in the North Sea. It ________________
(think) to be nearly twice the size of the largest existing field.

g) Pictures of the surface of the planet Venus _____________________(receive) yesterday from the
space probe 'Explorer' which __________________ (launch) last year.

h) A large sum ________________________ (raise) for the Fund by a recent  charity concert but the
target of £250,000 ________________________ (still/ not/reach),

i) No decision __________________________(make) about any future appointment until all suitable
candidates __________________________(interview).


3 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first

sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.


1. Your hair needs cutting. get

You _________________________________ cut.

2. Jill's parents are making her study hard. made

Jill __________________________________ her parents.

3. It is thought that the two injured men were repairing overhead cables. have

The two injured men _____________________________________ overhead cables.

4. Most of the committee thought it was not a viable solution. not

It was thought ___________________________________ by most of the committee.


4. Rewrite the sentence so that it contains the prase „have/get sth done“.

a) I've just been to the hairdresser's. What do you think?

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b) Someone is painting our house at the moment.

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c) The dentist is going to take out two of my teeth tomorrow.

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d) A qualified electrician checked the wiring.

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