Make passive sentences using the verbs in brackets
and tense prompts
and tense prompts
PRESENT
This particular food ____________ (eat) on special
celebrations throughout the year
is eaten
his / ankle / marathon / the / would / hurt / have / Adrian /If / completed / hadn’t / he
If Adrian hadn't hurt his ankle, he would have completed the marathon
We have to persuade companies not use so much fossil
fuel, and to recycle more
not to use
If I had _______________ my exams, I might have been_______________ the job.
passed offered revised arranged
passed/offered
Just call my assistant to do/set up a meeting and we’ll
talk more then
set up
PRESENT PERFECT
For a long time many people ____________ (think) it should be banned.
have been thought
skydiving / have / the / gone / bad / hadn’t / yesterday / If/ wind / been / we / would / so
If the wind hadn't been so bad yesterday, we would have gone skydiving
Don wasn’t very happy with the customer service we
had.’ ‘Neither was I.'
Correct
I pay _______________ to buy _______________ online because it means they are protected by insurance.
goods / in cash / by credit card / the sales
by credit card/goods
I warned/promised you not to ride your bike without a
helmet, didn’t I? Now look at your head!
warned
PAST
Lead ____________ (use) in make-up for many years
before anyone realised that the metal was dangerous.
was used
Mrs Paddock’s / hadn’t / exams / I / wouldn’t / for / been / have / classes / my / it / passed / if
I wouldn't have
Lotti advised me to move my car before the guests
arrived so that they could park their cars.
Correct
The latest model of my favourite laptop goes on
_______________ tomorrow and it will be
_______________ to my door on Wednesday.
special offer/ delivered/ sale/ cancelled
special offer/delivered
I got/managed low grades at school but at university I
passed all my exams easily
got
PRESENT
The decision to close the sports club ____________
(might see) by some people as quite selfish.
might be seen
told / them / I / doctor / if / hadn’t / to / a / I / was / They / have / wouldn’t / me / listened
They wouldn't have listened to me, if I hadn't told them I was a doctor
Hani asked to me where I kept the photographs but
obviously I didn’t know
asked me
There was a special bargain/offer on sofas over £2,000, so I bought one
offer
You need to demand/persuade Sara to move out of that house. She hates the people she lives with
persuade
PRESENT.
More chocolate ____________ (buy) at this time of year than any other.
is being bought
If / we / have / the / been / would / nicer / a / enjoyable /weather / had / holiday / more / had
If the weather had been nicer, we would have a more enjoyable holiday
You have to promise to wearing plenty of sunscreen and not stay out in the sun too long.
to wear/ not to stay
I attended/went a boarding school and really missed my parents. I hated it
attended
The worst part of serving/working in a team is that you
can’t make decisions quickly.
working