Passive Ex.1-5

Answers Ex.1

2. will probably be sent
3. will be/are taken
4. have already been picked
5. be picked
6. were sprayed
7. to be gathered
8. are harvested
9. are both made
10. to be made
11. is treated
12. are just shaken
13. is collected
14. (is) put
15. will be automated


Answers Ex.2

2. is spread/put F
3. was invented D
4. will be/will have been wiped out/eradicated L
5. used to be/were extracted/taken out/ pulled out J
6. could be bought/obtained I
7. should not be exposed B
8. was/used to be spoken C
9. has been/is simplified K
10. are used A
11. are being destroyed E
12. are regarded H


Answers Ex.3

3. I don’t like being told what to do.
4. The Windows are really dirty: they haven’t been cleaned for weeks
5. After being made redundant, he became very depressed.
6. I would like to have been given me the chance to explain my point of view, but they weren’t interested.
7. I’m hoping I’ll be chosen for the college football team.
8. It is believed that many more people will die of skin cancer over the next ten years.
9. If it hadn’t rained so much, the job would have been finished on time.
10. We can’t take the car: it is being repaired (at the moment).


Answers Ex.4

1. are being driven
2. are being killed
3. cross
4. are taken
5. are killed
6. make
7. often be seen
8. are hit
9. move around
10. be hypnotized
11. do not move
12. are sometimes hit
13. fly
14. Can anything be done
15. was built
16. have been constructed
17. lives
18. have been built
19. has been put up
20. look out
21. are often seen
22. be hoped
23. become


Answers Ex.5

1. has just come in
2. was broken into
3. was forced
4. were shattered
5. left
6. told
7. was taken/had been taken
8. to be repaired
9. are working
10. to be made