Exercise 2.1

Open the brackets using the right passive form of the Present, Past or Future Simple, Present or Past Continuous, Present Perfect or Past Perfect Simple.

 

1. Progress is made every day in the world of science.

2. My uncle … (recently/make) a captain.

3. We can’t take the car yet, it … (still/repair).

4. The newspaper … (deliver) before I got up this morning.

5. We hope that the missing money … (find) soon.

6. A lot of money … (spend) on weapons nowadays.

7. Too many offices … (build) in London over the last ten years.

8. I couldn’t go to my favourite café. It … (redecorate) .

9. We … (not invite) to the party, so we didn’t go.

10. I’m sorry, madam, but this carpet … (already/sell).

11. Most people agree that America … (not discover) by Christopher Columbus.

12. When she heard that her dog … (kill), she burst into tears.

13. A new ring road … (build) round the city now.

14. A cinema is a place where films … (show).

15. The bridge is closed at the moment. It … (damage) last week and it … (not repair) yet.