Active and Passive voice

Active voice: the subject receives the action of the verb. Ex:

I did my homework.

Passive Voice: the objects receives the action. Ex:

The homework was done by me.

1º) Write using the Passive voice:

a)I saw a snake. ___________________________________________________

b)They ate the hamburger. ___________________________________________

c)She visited New York _____________________________________________

d)Christian and Christopher saw the sea.________________________________

e)He did the homework. ____________________________________________

f)Jorge Amado wrote Gabriela.

_______________________________________________________________

g)Mary wore a red pullover __________________________________________

h)Carol and Liza watched the film._____________________________________

2º) Put in the order, after put in the Passive voice:

a)game/ won/ We/ the.

O:____________________________________________________________

P:____________________________________________________________

b)sang/ music/ They /a/ of Michael Jackson.

O:___________________________________________________________

P:___________________________________________________________

c)the/ She/ pencil/ broke.

O:__________________________________________________________

P:__________________________________________________________

d)in/We/exam/ Marina/ the/ helped.

O:_________________________________________________________

P:_________________________________________________________

e)When the telephone was invented?

____________________________________________________ in 1876.

3º) Complete the sentences. Using one of these verbs:

a)The trees were __________ by them.

b)Luiza was ____________ by his.

c)That car was ___________ by Taxi driver.

d)This pullover was _____________ by me.

e)Some aches __________ felt by ______.

Active Voice

4º) Put in the better form:

a) I ________ the pencil.           (    ) Broke     (    ) Break      (    ) Broken

b) He ________ a computer.    (    ) Buy         (    ) Bought

c) We ________ the game.       (    ) Win        (    ) Won

d) I ________ Playstation 2.      (    ) Played   (    ) Play.

e) They _______ João Paulo.   (    ) Know     (    ) Known     (    ) Knew

5º) Write in the Active Voice:

a)The Amazon was visited by his.____________________________________________

b)Two cups of beer were drunk by them.______________________________________

c)The fish was eaten by her.________________________________________________

d)A car was given by me._________________________________________________

e)Two hundred apples were taken by us._______________________ to the supermarket.

f)The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell in 1876__________________________

6º) Make the correspondence:

(1) I drove that car                                         (    ) The paper was burnt by them

(2) A melody was listened by me                (    ) I listened a melody.

(3) He found our umbrella                            (    ) Our umbrella was found by his.

(4) The money was lost by her                    (    ) Chris wrote The Poet

(5)They burn the paper                                (    ) That car was driven by me

(6) They understood the matter                  (    ) She lost the money

(7) The Poet was written by Chris              (    ) The matter was understood by them