Passive Voice ( practice )
Here are some exersises to practice the passive (all tenses).
Do it in your copybooks, we'll check in class.
Complete the text with the passive in the correct tense.
The mobile phone ( invent ) …………………………….in 1946, but phones ( not sell ) …………………………… to the public until the 1980s. Text messaging (use ) ……………………………since 1995. Now millions of messages ( send ) …………………….. every minute, and millions more ( send )…………………………… in the future.
Messages (write )…………………………….by pressing the buttons on the phone. For example, the ABC button ( press ) ………………………….. once for “A”, twice for “B” and three times for “C”.
In modern phones with touch screens buttons ( use ) …………………………… any more. Messages can even (dictate )………………………………. Your voice ( recognise) ……………………………………. by smart gadget.
When people write text messages the sounds of letters ( use ) ………………………: RU = Are you , CU = See you.
And sometimes words or expressions ( abbreviate) …………………………………… cnma = cinema, BFN = Bye for now
