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Active &

ACTIVE OR
Passive PASSIVE: INTRODUCTION

Complete
passive
Voice the sentences. Use the present or past active or
form and the words.

> Our designs are bought by a lot of shops (by a lot of shops / buy) every year.
1. The restaurant is open every day. _____________________________ (serve / we) food from

12 noon to 11.30 p.m.


2. Last night a protestor _____________________________________. (arrest / by the police)
3. The book Jane Eyre _________________________________ (by Charlotte Brontë / write) in
the 1840s.
4. ______________________________________ (we / not speak) English at home when I was
young. Spanish was our language.
5. Are you surprised to see me here?
I ____________________________________________ (invite / by your sister) last week.

PASSIVE: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

Complete the text with the PAST, PRESENT or FUTURE PASSIVE form of the verbs.

When the first episode of America’s Next Top Model was broadcast (broadcast) on TV in 2003, it
was the beginning of a craze which spread all over the world. In the first series, ten girls (1)_______
_______________ (invite) to appear on the show and the winner (2)_________________________
(give) a contract with a modelling agency. Today the programme (3)__________________________
(show) in many different countries around the world. The girls (4)___________________________
(ask) to do different modelling tasks each week – sometimes with dangerous animals! In the next
series, the girls (5)___________________________ (tell) to do even crazier things for their photo
shoots!
PASSIVE: QUESTIONS

Complete the interview. Make PAST, PRESENT or FUTURE PASSIVE QUESTIONS with the words in
the box.

Serena / impress / by your drawings


what jobs / you / give
you / offer / a job / by Serena
your clothes / make / by designers
your style / influence / by Serena

Schoolboy Matt wants to be a fashion designer when he’s older. Last year he did work
experience with designer, Serena Miller.

(1)
Q _____________________________________________________________________?
A I cut material for Serena and did drawings.
(2)
Q _____________________________________________________________________?
A I think so. She said she really liked them.
(3)
Q _____________________________________________________________________?
A Definitely. Her designs give me great ideas.
(4)
Q _____________________________________________________________________?
A No! These jeans come from a supermarket!
(5)
Q _____________________________________________________________________?
A I hope so! I’d love to work for her one day.

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