Present Simple Passive

Easy exercises on Present Simple Passive.

Упражнение 1. Fill in the verb is or are.

1. Grammar rules ... always learnt by heart.

2. Rare animals ... protected in many countries.

3. This scarf ... made by my granny.

4. Animals in the reserve ... fed two times a day.

5. The same shirts ... worn by all the members of our team.

6. New Belarussian books ... shown in our library

7. Many Belarussian towns ... described in this book.

8. Dinner ... always cooked by my mother.

9. This place ... crowded on Sunday.

10. Our village ... surrounded with a forest.

Упражнение 2. Write true sentences in Passive Voice. Use the words in table.

A:

B:

Упражнение 3 . Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. I ... (like / am liked) this place.

2. What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Belarussian?

3. Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?

4. This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.

5. Who ... (gives / is given) bad marks in your class?

6. Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.

7. Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.

8. Pupils ... (are given / give) textbooks by the teacher.

The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.

Упражнение 5. Put the passive sentences in order.

1. in a lot of schools / are / used / Computers

2. of plastic / made / are / CDs

3. seen / The information / on a screen/can be

4. are / very quickly / The answers / calculated

5. played / The game / is / on a computer

6. with a modem / are / sent / E-mails

7. is / on a disk / Information / stored

8. sent / Text messages / are / using mobile phones

to get information / used / is / The Internet