PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSThe passive; the causative 1 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the bold verbs.. not eat 2 Complete the sentences with the c
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The passive; the causative
1 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form
of the bold verbs.
Our house is painted once every two years (paint)
1 These letters
tomorrow (write)
2 Your suit yet, sir
(not clean)
3 Mary’s coat at the
party last night (steal)
4 While Tim’s motorbike ,
he waited in a café (repair)
5 The girls to the fashion
show right now (drive)
6 The food still at the
end of the party (not eat)
2 Complete the sentences with the correct passive form
of the verbs in the list
decorate drive find grow mark not wash
The car will be driven by my dad next week
1 A lot of wheat in the
fields of western Canada every year
2 Some people made a lot of money when gold
in the area last year
3 Our house by some
painters at the moment
4 My football shirt yet –
it’s still dirty
5 While Tony’s essay by
his teacher, he read his book
3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive Use by + agent if
necessary
Stella McCartney designed Sue’s dress
Sue’s dress was designed by Stella McCartney
1 Did Lee Harvey Oswald shoot John F Kennedy in 1963?
2 That waiter serves over 100 customers every day
3 My mum is cooking your dinner now
4 The director was making the film this time last month
5 Jake has already washed my dad’s car
6 Gina had taken the rubbish out before I arrived home
7 The caterers will deliver the cake tomorrow
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
bold verbs Use the causative in either the formal or
informal form
The writer got / had her novel published last December
(publish)
1 Tomorrow, they a new program
on their computer (install)
2 The students their exams
by the teacher yet
(not mark)
3 My parents their new cottage
next summer (build)
4 Fiona her nose
before I could talk to her
about it (pierce)
5 They their flat
when I visited them last night
(decorate)
6 some flowers
in the back garden next week?
(you / plant)
7 Tina her shoes
yet (not repair)
8 I my clothes
by someone else I make them
myself (not make)
5 Rewrite the sentences using the causative Use either the formal or informal form shown in brackets
Jake’s wife washes his clothes every week (informal)
Jake gets his clothes washed by his wife every week
1 The hairdresser was cutting Martha’s hair (formal)
2 The decorators are painting my bedroom (formal)
3 The restaurant will deliver our food (informal)
4 Did he clean your windows yesterday? (informal)
5 Has your father fixed Tim’s bike yet? (informal)
6 Is the estate agent going to sell your house? (formal)
7 The chef made his dinner (formal)
8 Someone is applying the model’s make-up at the
moment (informal)
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