the passive

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the passive

Someone has stolen my mountain bike.
which sentence is the right passive

1. My mountain bike was stolen.
2. My mountain bike has been stolen.
3. My mountain bike is stolen.
4. My mountain bike is being stolen.

They are building a new sports centre.
which sentence is the right passive

1. A new sports centre is built.
2. A new sports centre was built.
3. A new sports centre is being built.
4. A new sports centre has been built.

They’ll postpone the race if it rains.

1. The race will be postponed if it rains.
2. The race will postponed if it rains.
3. The race is postponed if it rains.
4. The race was postponed if it rains.

They had cancelled our flight.

1. Our flight has been cancelled.
2. Our flight had been cancelled.
3. Our flight was cancelled.
4. Our flight is cancelled.

I definitely didn’t break the laptop.

The laptop ………………………………. by me.

1. is definitely not broken
2. was definitely not broken
3. hasn't definitely broken

The government is advising people not to travel there.
People ……………………………… travel there.

1. are advised being not to
2. are being advised to
3. are being advised not to

Has someone invited Jan to the cinema?
Has ……………………………… to the cinema?

1. Jan been invited
2. Jan invited
3. Jan being invited
4. Jan been being invited

Complete the sentence with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.
Antibiotics …………………………. (prescribe) by doctors to fight disease for many years.

Scientists believe that a vaccine to prevent malaria …………………………. (will develop) soon.

In the past, many patients …………………………. (infect) each year in dirty hospitals.

Natural plant remedies for illnesses …………………………. (are discovering) all the time.

Rewrite each sentence in two ways, using the underlined words as the subjects and leaving out the agent.
The teacher gave each student a book.
Each student .....
A book was ......

They have offered both of us a place at university.
Both of us ...
A place at university ...

My best friend has just sent me a text message.
A text message ....
I ....