WRITE THE CORRECT PASSIVE FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:

A Short History of Ice-Cream:

It .......................... (know) that sweet dishes ............................ (cool) with

snow and ice in ancient times. These ........................... (enjoy) by the rich
and powerful such as Alexander the great, the Egyptian Pharaohs, and
the Emperor Nero.
Sorbets, or water ices, .............................. (know) since the 16th century,
when they ........................ (introduce) in Florence. However, real icecream, made with fresh cream or milk, ............................. (produce) for
the first time in the 1630s by Gerald Tissain, the French chef of the
British king, Charles I.
During the 18th century, ice-cream .................................. (eat) regularly
at fashionable ice-cream cafs in London, Paris and other great cities. It
was still a great luxury, though. It .............................. (know), for
example, that George Washington spent $200 on ice-cream in just two
months in 1790.
The cost ......................... (reduce) when the first ice-cream
factory ................................. (open) in 1851 by another American,
George Fussel. Since the 19th century, though, it has been the Italians
who ............................ (see) as the great ice-cream makers. In the mid19th century, for example, ice-cream .................................... (sell) in the
streets of London by as many as 30,000 Italians. The Italian
methods ............................. (learn) by many others since those days, and
so
today
excellent
ice-cream
.............................
(make)
and ................................... (enjoy) all over the world.
1. Transform the following sentences.
1) They claim that people who drink a glass of red wine a day have less chances
of getting a heart attack.
2) Channel 6 reported that a plane crashed this morning near the Andorra
international airport.
3) They know he is a well established author nowadays.
4) They say that he was a great person.
5) People generally believe that Lincoln wasnt just assassinated by a mere
angered citizen. It was rather
a conspiracy plan.
6) Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in year 2000, but it is
obvious that it didnt.
7) The crew are expecting for the ship to founder at any moment.
8) It is evident that no one knows how long it will be until the next full sun
eclipse takes place.
9) Up until certain major scientific discoveries were made, people generally
accepted that the Earthwas flat.
10) They think that Michael is the smartest in the class, but they are wrong.
11) People feel that the prime minister is on the point of resigning.

12) The government expects that with the founding of the new factory, 200 new
jobs will be created.
13) They found out that the man they had been suspecting wasnt actually the
murderer.
14) They allege that certain people wont be willing to take part in the survey.
15) There is a rumour that many people will be interested to buy our new
product line.

USE THE CORRECT VERB FORMS, THEY CAN BE EITHER ACTIVE OR

PASSIVE
1- The reporters said that the minister

(involve).................................................in the conspiracy to overthrow

the government.
2- Sally says that Harward university

(offer) .........................................................her a place on their

Bachelor of Arts course. Shes so excited.
3- Speeding (not /allow ) ...................................................................in
the city
4- They (not / let ) ..................................................................you use
the notes in this exam. It is forbidden.
5- A: How was your first day at work ? B: Extremely embarrassing !

We (ask) ...........................to present ourselves and talk about our

previous work experience.
6- We (think) .........................................................................of getting
someone to paint the outside of the house, we dont have enough
time to do.
7- For the past few days I (work) ............in Jacks office , as my office

(redecorate) ..
8- The last time I went sailing with friends the boat

(sink) .....................................in a gale. Luckily I (not /

invite) ................................................................since then.
9- As our new furniture (deliver) .........................................on Monday

morning, Ill have to stay at home to check out it (not /

damage) .....................during transit
A large sum (raise) ..............................................for the Fund
by recent Charity concert but the target of 250 000 (still / not /
reach) .............................
10-

Pictures of the surface of the planet Venus

(receive) .......................yesterday from the space probe Explorer
which .(launch) ...........................................last year.
11-

They (discover) ..........................the remains of an old Roman

city while they ( dig) ............................................................................
to build the subway. Some experts and archeologists
(call) ................................to examine the remains.
12-

They usually (serve) ..........................................traditional

Lebanese dish here.
13-

Jim (consider) .............................................a failure. He tried

to do his best but unfortunately he couldnt change his parents ideas
about him and finally he ( give up) .......................and
( leave) ..................home. Noobody (see) ....................him since then.
14-

15It (decide) ............................................................................to

reduce all salaries by %10