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Passive or Active Exercise

For each sentence, choose either the active or the passive form of the verb...and the correct tense!

1. That door (paint) yesterday.

2. Michelangelo (paint) the Sistine Chapel.

3. Michael Schumacher (drive) for Ferrari in 2003.

4. In the UK, everyone (drive) on the left.

5. Inter-city trains (usually/drive) by men.

6. The 'La Stampa' newspaper (read) by two million people in Italy.

7. My car (steal)! Call the police!!!!

8. The thieves (steal) the gold last week.

9. The Queen (open) the bridge tomorrow.

10. The bridge (destroy) by the storm last night.

11. I (learn) Japanese when I was in Tokyo.

12. I (teach) by an old Japanese man.

13. This letter (should/type), not handwritten!

14. The new secretary (type) at 100 wpm.