GRAMMAR WEBQUEST

FIRST!!!

Do you know how to change the following tenses into the passive voice? If yes, don’t lose more time and go on to the exercises. If not, go and check an English book and study a little.

a) the present simple and past simple tenses;

b) the present and past continuous tenses;

c) the going to future;

d) the present and past perfect tenses;

e) modals like can and must;

f) modals in the past like might have.

INSTRUCTIONS:

CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES FROM THE ACTIVE TO THE PASSIVE. WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER

1. Farmers spray the trees each week.

The trees_______________________________________________________.

2. That factory is producing more and more pollution.

More and more pollution__________________________________________.

3. Someone saw them dumping rubbish.

They___________________________________________________________.

4. Demonstrators have broken into the oil refinery.

The oil refinery__________________________________________________.

5. The owners had hidden all the evidence by the time the police arrived.

All the evidence__________________________________________________.

6. A scientist was redesigning the reactor.

The reactor______________________________________________________.

7. A child can understand the problem.

The problem_____________________________________________________.

8. The prime minister is going to open the inquiry.

The enquiry______________________________________________________.

9. We shall notify the police about this matter.

The police_______________________________________________________.

10. Someone should have written to the newspapers.

The newspapers__________________________________________________.

ARE YOU DONE?

IF YES, GO ON AND CHECK YOUR

IF NO, DON´T BE LAZY AND FINISH THE EXERCISE.

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