The Passive Voice

Make Present simple passive sentences.

1 The article\write\by a journalist.

2 The best photographs\choose.

3 The front page\design.

4 The newspaper articles\check.

5 People\interview\by a reporter.

Change sentences from active voice to passive.

1 A journalist interviews people.

2 Tim chooses the best articles.

3 Jed takes a lot of photos.

4 They print the newspaper in London.

5 The editor checks the articles.

6 They deliver the newspaper on Wednesday night.

Make the sentences negative.

1 Max is invited to the film studio.

2 Fred is hit with a metal pipe.

3 Real bullets are used at the film studio.

4 Fred is pushed out of a bus.

5The cushions are caught in a net.

6 Fred is bitten by a snake.

Complete with the Past passive.

The pyramids (build) __ over 3,000 years ago. The kings of ancient Egypt (call) __ pharaons and they (bury)__ in the pyramids. When the kings died, their bodies (dry)__ and they (turn)__ into mummies.

How exactly( a dead body\turn)__ into a mummy  in ancient Egypt? (It\ cover)__ with salt to dry it?

No, it (not cover)__ with salt/ It (dry) with a white powder called natron. Then the body (leave)__ for 40 days and finally it (wrap)__ in bandages.