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THE PASSIVE VOICE
PRESENT SIMPLE
Czas
Konstrukcja
Przykład
Present Simple
am/are/is + 3. forma
czasownika (past participle)
Polish is spoken here.
Past Simple
was/were + 3. forma
czasownika
I was asked to clean the room.
Future Simple will be + 3. forma czasownika The problem will be delt with as soon as possible.
Present
Continuous
am/are/is being + 3. forma
czasownika
She is being interrogated by the police.
Past
Continuous
was/were being + 3. forma
czasownika
My car was being repaired while I was shopping.
Present Perfect
have/has been + 3. forma
czasownika
The book has been read.
Past Perfect
had been + 3. forma
czasownika
The dinner had been cooked before we arrived.
Future Perfect
will have been + 3. forma
czasownika
By the end of this week the house will have been
painted and we will be able to move in.
Modal Verbs
must be + 3. forma
czasownika
The homework must be done by yourself.
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Wojciech Lisowski
EXERCISES
1. Write the verbs in the correct passive form in present simple.
(Wstaw czasowniki w odpowiedniej formie strony biernej czasu present simple.)
1. We _______ (always, tell) the truth.
2. A new church ________ (build) in our city every year.
3. John ________ (say) to be very stupid.
4. __________ (you, inform) about the news regularly?
5. The book ________ (read) by everybody very willingly.
6. The performance ________ (show) in our local theatre every Sunday.
7. This play ________ (write) in English.
8. My car _________ (wash) once a week.
9. My dog _________ (call) Bouncer.
10. This bag _________ (make) of plastic.
2. Write the sentences in the passive voice of the present simple.
(Napisz zdania w stronie biernej czasu present simple.)
1. My mum buys me a new coat whenever she goes to Paris.
2. She gives me new computers for my birthdays.
3. Mary always tells me lies.
4. My boss sends me to Paris every month.
5. A waiter serves me coffee whenever I’m in this café.
6. A pilot flies a plane.
7. My daughter drinks water for breakfast.
8. They show a new film every week.
9. Everybody watches TV every day.
10. I visit my grandmother every year.
Autor: Agnieszka Szefer
Konsultant: Wojciech Lisowski