PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSThe passive 1 Choose the correct alternatives.. My shoes are cleaned / are being cleaned twice a week.. 3 Her designs has been worn / were worn a
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The passive
1 Choose the correct alternatives
My shoes are cleaned / are being cleaned twice a
week
1 Will the dress be cleaned / cleaned tomorrow?
2 Your shirt hasn’t been sold / wasn’t sold yet.
3 Her designs has been worn / were worn at a
fashion show last month
4 While her hair was being cut / will be cut, she read
a magazine
5 We are being taught / were taught how to knit at
the moment
6 She had been warned / is being warned about her
inappropriate clothes before her boss sacked her
7 Many fashionable shoes were being bought /
are bought in high-street shops every day.
8 The dress that I wore last night is being washed /
was being washed at the moment.
2 Put the words in the correct order to form passive
sentences
served / at 8 o’clock / be / the waiter / by / Dinner / will
Dinner will be served at 8 o’clock by the waiter
1 being / a dressmaker / by / your dress / made / Is / ?
2 by / wasn’t / designed / my mum / This jewellery
3 The vintage dresses / bought / have / the museum / been / by
4 made / My clothes / are / by / famous designers
5 I / My suit / arrived at / had / cleaned / been / when / the shop
6 closed / The fashion shop / last week / was
3 Tick (✓) the passive sentences in which you can omit
the agent
Her clothes had already been ironed by her sister when she arrived home.✓
1 The fashion show was watched by thousands of people
2 High heels are often worn by women on special occasions
3 My wedding dress is being delivered by the company tomorrow
4 My suit was cleaned by the dry cleaner’s
The causative
4 Tick (✓) the sentences where someone asked or arranged for another person to do something for them
She’s had a dress made for the wedding ✓
1 We’re getting our garage door painted this week
2 They’ll decorate the hall for the show
3 Petra had dyed her hair purple!
4 They had their shoes repaired in the shop
5 Will he get a suit made for him?
5 Put the words in the correct order to form causative sentences
my flat / had / painted / yesterday / I
I had my flat painted yesterday
1 car / got / his / repaired / at / He / the garage
2 they / get / walked / their dog / next week / Will / ?
3 recently / haven’t / had / cut / the grass / We
4 tested / is / her ears / Penelope / today / having
5 a swimming pool / getting / Are / installed / you / ?
6 Write sentences using the causative Use either the formal or the informal form shown in brackets
Peter / his hair / cut / once a month (informal)
Peter gets his hair cut once a month
1 Nellie / her nails / manicured / this time yesterday
(formal)
2 I / my old shoes / repaired / later today (formal)
3 They / a pizza / deliver / when we arrive (informal)
4 you / your suit / clean / last weekend? (formal)
5 Tina / not / her car / repair / last night (informal)
6 I / my hair / last week / cut (formal)
7 My mum / not / her house / decorated / next year
(informal)
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