Question

Exercise 2:Passive voice: The Past simple tense

1.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night. ’ The rooms................................................................................

 

2.      They caught the elephant again. ’ The elephant..........................................................................................

 

3.      They built the house in 1950. ’ The house..................................................................................................

 

4.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday. ’ The letters.................................................................

 

5.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story. ’ Kieu story.................................................................................................

Answer 1

1.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night. ’ The rooms......were cleaned by the waiters last night..........................................................................

 

2.      They caught the elephant again. ’ The elephant.........was caught again.................................................................................

 

3.      They built the house in 1950. ’ The house.......was built in 1950...........................................................................................

 

4.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday. ’ The letters.......were sent by the pupill the day before yesterday..........................................................

 

5.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story. ’ Kieu story.....was written by Nguyen Du............................................................................................

Answer 2

.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night. ’ The rooms...were cleaned by the waiters last night

.............................................................................

 

2.      They caught the elephant again. ’ The elephant..was caught again........................................................................................

 

3.      They built the house in 1950. ’ The house.was biult in 1950.................................................................................................

 

4.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday. ’ The letters..were sent before yesterday ...............................................................

 

5.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story. ’ Kieu story.was written by Nguyen Du ................................................................................................

Answer 3

1......were cleaned by the waiters last night..........................................................................

2 The elephant.........was caught again.................................................................................

3The house.......was built in 1950...........................................................................................

 4 The letters.......were sent by the pupill the day before yesterday..........................................................

5 Kieu story.....was written by Nguyen Du............................................................................................