Use the verbs in brackets in a suitable passive form
1. Peter always____________ (to criticize) for careless mistakes. 2. He found that his supper _________(to lay out) on the kitchen table. 3. This letter __________(to post) tomorrow. 4. The meal ________(to cook) now. 5. The meaning of all new words should __________(to look up) in a dictionary. 6. New developments in international relations _________(to talk) about a lot nowadays. 7. Five hundred new houses__________ (to build) by the end of next year. 8. The man who_________ (to bite) by a snake was given a medicine. 9. A lot of swampy areas___________ (to irrigate) to make way for gardens and fields. 10. A great deal of research___________ (to do) into this problem. 11. The new proposals _________(to discuss) at our next meeting. 12. Nothing_________ (to hear) from him since the 15th of July. 13. All seats in planes __________(to equip) with safety-belts. 14. The results of the examination __________(to know) in a week. 15. The bridge__________ (to close) for repairs. 16. We easily identified our books because the names of the owners _________(to mark) on all of them. 17. The petition ________(to sign) by more than a thousand inhabitants.
Put the verbs into a suitable tense in the passive.
Mary has just arrived home from work. Neil is already there.
Mary: Hi! I'm back. Sorry I'm late.
Neil: Hello. What kept you?
Mary: I had to use the ring road and I_________ (to stick) in a traffic jam for forty minutes.
Neil: Why didn't you use the usual route?
Mary: Because the road____________ (to close) until work on the access road to the new hospital_______________ (to complete).
Neil: When is it due to___________ (to finish)?
Mary: Well, the access road____________ (to open) by the Mayor next week, according to the newspaper, and the Health Minister______________ (to invite) to open the hospital on the same day, but they don't know yet whether she's definitely coming.
Neil: A lot of money____________ (to waste) if she doesn't come.
Mary: Why's that?
Neil: Haven't you seen all those rose bushes that ____________ (to plant) round the hospital?
Mary: So? They'll be lovely for the patients.
Neil: But the patients won't be able to see them, because they are round the entrance, and the wards look out in the other direction. A lot of people protested about it, but all their complaints____________ (to ignore) until it was too late.
Mary: If they had money to spare, it____________ (to spend) on facilities for patients, not on making the front look pretty for the Minister.
Neil: Absolutely. It's typical of this local council. They______________ (to elect) to save money, but they do just the opposite.
Mary: Perhaps they______________ (to throw) out at the next election.
Neil: I hope so. Now, are you ready for supper?
Read this letter from Maurice, who is on holiday in Britain, to his sister Sally in New Zealand. Put the verbs in a suitable tense, active or passive.
Dear Sally,
How are you? We've been having a lovely time. We're being very well looked after by our hosts. We________ (to take) sightseeing and we_________ (to introduce) to some of their friends, who___________ (to make) us feel very welcome. Last night we___________ (to show) round a castle, by the owner! Most of the land in this area___________ (to belong) to his family for about five hundred years. Apparently, the land________ (to give) to them after one of his ancestors___________ (to kill) while trying to save the king's life. Quite romantic, isn't it?
The castle itself was a little bit disappointing, to be absolutely honest. The owner told us that it_________ (to suffer) serious damage during a fire about thirty years ago. When it___________ (to restore) they_________ (to add) central heating and things like that. So once you're inside it_________(not/to feel) much different to any other large, old house. But the owner is a real character. He told us lots of stories about things that_________ (to happen) to him when he was young. He___________ (to send) abroad to work in a bank, but he hated it, so he___________ (to behave) very badly in order__________ (to sack). He kept us laughing for hours I hope he____________ (to invite)here before we leave. I'll have lots more to tell you when we get back. Take care.
Best wishes,
Maurice
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