- Complete the sentences with a form of the passive with be in the correct tenses.
2. Rashomon and Ran, both very famous films, ____(direct) by Akira Kurosawa.
3. The new expressway ____ (will/not/complete) until February of next year.
4. I'm a very light sleeper. I _____________ (easily awaken) by barking dogs and meowing cats in the neighborhood.
5. Ode to Joy _____________________ (compose) by Beethoven.
6. In some schools, students _____________________ (require) to wear uniforms.
7. The wheel ________________________ (invent) centuries ago.
8. The proposal for refinancing the city's debt __________________ (be going to / present) at this week's meeting of the city council.
- Fill the blanks with progressive passive forms of the indicated verbs. Use the be-passive if the get-passive
is not specified.
1. A new building is being constructed construct) on the corner of Fauntleroy and Admiral.
2. The bridge _____(repair) when the gale-force winds caused it to sink.
3. We've _____(get/overcharge) for months on our phone bill! We need to call the company right away.
4. The seals ____(get/fed) early today. We're trying an experiment in their feeding schedule.
5. People involved in the accident were taken to Madison Hospital, where they ___ (treat) for shock.
6. After Jim finishes boot camp, he'll _____ (get / train) in telecommunications.
- Complete the sentences with passives formed with have, has, or had + be or get + past participle. Use be unless get is specified.
2. I wonder why the drama department is going to put on The Mousetrap. It _____(do) before.
3. Detective Sadler discovered that the evidence ____(tamper with) before he saw it.
4. Ever since Miriam has been here, the work _____(get/do) on time. Let's hire her permanently.
5. Mr. and Mrs. Houck ___(advise) not to sell their house at this time.
6. By the time the rent comes due, my check will _____ (deposit) in the bank, so there shouldn't be a problem.
-Complete the sentences with the indicated modals and modal-like expressions + be + past participle.
1. Matter can be altered (can/alter) but not destroyed.
2. Small children ____________________________ (should/not/leave alone) by their parents.
3. The theft ________________ (must/have/report) to the police; they're already working on the case.
4. If a garden is going to produce, it _____________________ (have to/attend to) regularly.
5. Amanda had lost a lot of blood. She ________________ (should/have/take) to the hospital immediately.
6. Look at the grass! It _____________________ (be supposed to/water) every two days while we were gone. Now it's almost dead.
-To improve the writing style of the for/owing narration, change the active sentence to the passive and each passive sentence to the active. In changing sentences to passive, do not include any by phrases.
1. Last week a trip was taken by Mrs. Adams to New York City.
Last week Mrs. Adams took a trip to New York City.
2. Because of a heavy rainstorm, controllers had to divert her plane to Philadelphia.
Because of a heavy rainstorm, her plane had to be diverted to Philadelphia.
3. Controllers didn't allow her plane to land in New York until 10:00
4. A taxi had to be taken by Mrs. Adams to
5. Her hotel was arrived at by Mrs. Adams very late.
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6. Because of her late arrival, a clerk had given away her hotel room.
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7. A very uncomfortable night was spent by Mrs. Adams on the couch in the hotel lobby.
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VI. Phrasal Modifiers. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct phrasal modifier.
1. Driving from Seattle to Portland is a three-hour trip. (three-hour / three-hours)
2. Jane's _______________________________ daughter won the gymnastics contest. (ten-years-old / ten-year-old)
3. The issue on the ballot is a __________________proposal. (citizens-initiated / citizen-initiated)
4. We needed twelve ___________________________ bags of cement to repave our patio. (forty pound / forty-pound)
5. ___________________ essays are the most difficult for me to write. (In class / In-class)
6. Margot and Dave have a _____________________________________ . (twelve-year-old-daughter / twelve years-old-daughter).