Sau khi đã học qua lý thuyết về Passive Voice, giờ là lúc chúng ta làm một số bài tập về bị động để làm quen và nắm vững kiến thức nhé. Trong bài này thầy sẽ đưa một số bài tập ở nhiều dạng khác nhau liên quan đến bị động. Ở phần cuối là một loạt bài tập chuyển từ chủ động sang bị động cho ai muốn luyện thật kỹ thật kỹ, he he!
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Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Sentence Transformation 1
Rewrite each sentence in a more formal style so that it contains a passive form of the word given in CAPITALS
- Sorry, but we’ve lost your letter (MISLAY)
- The police are grilling Harry down at the station (QUESTION)
- They’ve found the remains of an old Roman villa nearby (DISCOVER)
- You’ll get a rise in salary after six months (RAISE)
- They stopped playing the match after half an hour (ABANDON)
- We stopped traffic from using the centre (BAN)
- They took Chris to court for dangerous driving (PROSECUTE)
- You usually eat this kind of fish with a white sauce (SERVE)
- I don’t know your name (INTRODUCE)
Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Sentence Transformation 2
- We think the treasure dates from the thirteenth century. (think)
- Your hair needs cutting. (get)
- Jill’s parents are making her stud hard. (made)
- Apparently, the ship did not sustain any damage. (appears)
- It is thought that the two injured men were repairing overhead cables. (have)
- There Is a rumor that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain. (be)
- We have agreed to meet again in a fortnight. (will)
- We decided to try again later. (would)
- There Is confirmation of Mr Jackson’s intended resignation. (that)
- Most of the committee thought it was not a viable solution. (not)
Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Sentence Transformation 3
Write passive sentences with a similar meaning to the first. Use the Italic word.
- They paid him a million dollars to appear in the film.
- His name is Robin, but his friends call him Bobby.
- Dr. Davies demonstrated the procedure to us in the chemistry lab.
- We, the managing director, will announce the news to staff later today.
- They have offered me a new job in Hungary.
- People saw him push the goalkeeper just before he scored.
- The medical staff has declared the surgery a complete success.
- He watched the rescuers pull the man from the sea.
- My English teacher suggested the idea to me.
- My uncle bought me this necklace when he was in Zimbabwe.
Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Verb Filling 1
Complete each sentence with a passive form of the verb in brackets:
- Nothing (see) of Pauline since her car (find) abandoned near Newbury last week.
…… - As our new furniture (deliver) on Monday morning, I’ll have to stay at home to check that it (not/damage) during transit.
… - The new Alhambra hatchback, which in this country (sell) under the name “Challenger”, (fit) with electric windows as standard.
… - For the past few days I (work) in Jac’s office, as my own office (redecorate).
… - It (announce) that the proposed new office block (now/not/build) because of the current economic situation.
… - A major new deposit of oil (discover) n the Arctic. It (think) to be nearly twice the size of the largest existing field.
… - Pictures of the surface of the planet Mars (receive) yesterday from the pace probe “Rover3” which (launch) last year.
- A large sum (raise) for the Fund by a recent charity concert but the target of 250000$ (still/not/reach).
- No decision (make) about any future appointment until all suitable candidates (interview).
Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Verb Filling 2
Complete these texts with the appropriate form:
Text 1
Acupuncture (practice) in China for over 3000 years, and today it (widely use) alongside conventional medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, no symptom (view) in isolation. Instead, the body and the mind (evaluate) together. The goal of acupuncture (be) to create harmony in the boy by restoring the flow of Qui. This (consider) to be the life force involved in all body functions. Qi (collect) in the organs and (travel) through energy channels in the body. Acupuncturists (believe) that diseases (occur) when the circulation of Qi (prevent) , whether by injuries, heat, cold or other factors. By redirecting the flow of Qi, acupuncture can (help) cure disease.
Text 2
The first mobile phones (construct) in Stockholm in the 1950s – but were not very mobile! They could only (use) in cars because the receiver and transmitter (weigh) over 40 kilos and had to (carry) I the boot. But technology (advance) so quickly that by the 1990s mobiles could (hold) in the hand and people talking on their mobiles (become) a familiar sight everywhere from trains to restaurants. Of course, not everyone welcomed mobiles, and in the mid-1990s their use (ban) from many schools to prevent children using them in classrooms. Even recent research which (suggest) that prolonged exposure to emission from mobiles might be a health hazard (not discourage) their use, and analysts now (predict) that by 2025, 95% of all electronic communication (conduct) by mobile phone.
Bài Tập Bị Động
Active to Passive: Verb Filling 3
Complete the conversations using the pairs of verbs in the box (some cases prepositions must be added)
Own – break into rob-steal cut-clean catch-infect wake up- throw out
Part 1
A: Did you hear about Natasha?
B: What happened?
A: She on her way to college.
B: No! Is she okay?
A: Yes, she’s fine, but she her handbag.
Part 2
A: You’re looking tired.
B: I early by my neighbour’s dog.
A: Don’t they keep t inside at night?
B: Usually, yes, but I think it must because it was barking so much.
Part 3
A: James looked different somehow.
B: He…. his hair . .
A: Yes, and I think he’d . It looked much smarter!
Part 4
A: What an amazing house!
B: It by Jason Norman. You know, the rock singer.
A: Yes, I know him.
B: The problem is, he’s never there, and it keeps .
Part 5
A: What happened to your coat?
B: I on some barbed wire as I was climbing over a fence. I hurt my arm, too.
A: Ouch. That looks nasty. You ought to go to the doctor. It might
Bài Tập Bị Động
Phần dưới đây chỉ toàn câu từ Active sang Passive. Bạn nào muốn thật chắc ăn hãy làm, không thì bạn có thể bỏ qua phần này.
More Active to passive
Bài Tập Bị Động
Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary.
Story 1
- The milkman brings the milk to my door but the postman leaves the letters in the hall.
. - In the future, perhaps, they won’t bring letters to the houses, and we shall have to collect them from the Post Office.
… - People steal things from supermarkets every day; someone stole twenty bottles of whisky from this one last week.
… - Normally men sweep this street every day, but nobody swept it last week.
… - The postman clears this box three times a day. He last cleared it at 2.30.
…
Story 2
- Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door.
… - Women clean this office in the evening after the staff has left; they clean the upstairs offices between seven and eight in the morning.
… - We never saw him in the dining room. A maid took all his meals up to him. 9 Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
… - We build well over 1,000 new houses a year. Last year we built 1,500.
… - We serve hot meals till 10.30, and guests can order coffee and sandwiches up to 11.30.
…
Story 1
- Passengers leave all sorts of things on buses. The conductors collect them and send them to the Lost Property Office.
… - An ambulance took the sick man to the hospital. (Mention ambulance.)
… - We kill and injure people on the roads every day. Can’t we do something about this?
… - Dogs guard the warehouse. The other day a thief tried to get in and a dog saw him and chased him. (A thief who . . .)
.. - The watchman called the police. The police arrested the man.
Story 3
- Tom had only a slight injury and they helped him off the field, but Jack was seriously injured and they carried him off on a stretcher. (Tom, who had. . ., but Jack, who was. . .)
…
- You can’t wash this dress; you must dry-clean it.
- They are demolishing the entire block.
… - He recommends fitting new tires. (Use should)
… - He suggested allowing council tenants to buy their houses.
…
Story 4
- Men with slide rules used to do these calculations; now a computer does them.
… - The court tried the man, found him guilty, and sent him to prison.
… - The hall porter polishes the knockers of all the flats every day.
… - Well, he hasn’t polished mine for a week.
… - They are repairing my piano at the moment.
…
Story 5
- Passengers shouldn’t throw away their tickets as inspectors may check these during the journey.
… - They invited Jack but they didn’t invite Tom.
… - The guests ate all the sandwiches and drank all the beer. They left nothing.
… - Has someone posted my parcel?
… - Why did no one inform me of the change of plan?
…
Story 6
- Tom Smith wrote the book and Brown and Co. published it.
… - We shall have to tow the car to the garage.
… - I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more.
… - We will prosecute trespassers.
… - Someone stole my car and abandoned it fifteen miles away. He had removed the radio but done no other damage.
..
…
Story 7
- They haven’t stamped the letter.
- You must keep dogs on leads in the gardens.
- They didn’t pay me for the work; they expected me to do it for nothing.
… - He escaped when they were moving him from one prison to another.
… - She didn’t introduce me to her mother.
…
Story 8
- A frightful crash wakened me at 4 a.m.
- When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night.
… - They threw away the rubbish.
… - A Japanese firm makes these television sets.
… - An earthquake destroyed the town.
…
Story 9
- A machine could do this much more easily.
… - Visitors must leave umbrellas and sticks in the cloakroom.
- We ask tenants not to play their radios loudly after midnight.
… - They can’t repair your clock.
… - We cannot exchange articles that customers have bought during the sale. (Articles…)
…
Story 10
- We have to pick the fruit very early in the morning; otherwise, we can’t get it to the market in time.
… - The police shouldn’t allow people to park there.
… - They are watching my house.
… - The examiner will read the passage three times.
… - Candidates may not use dictionaries.
…
Story 11
- You need not type this letter.
… - This used to be number 13, but now I see that someone has crossed out 13′ and written 12A’ underneath.
… - You mustn’t move this man; he is too ill. You’ll have to leave him here.
… - They searched his house and found a number of stolen articles.
… - Nobody has used this room for ages.
…
Story 12
- They took him for a Frenchman, his French was so good.
… - You should have taken those books back to the library. 27 They brought the children up in Italy.
… - They have taken down the For Sale notice, so I suppose they have sold the house.
… - Someone broke into his house and stole a lot of his things.
… - We have warned you.
…
Story 13
- A lorry knocked him down.
… - They returned my keys to me; someone had picked them up in the street.
… - We had to give the books back; they did not allow us to take them home.
… - You shouldn’t leave these documents on the desk. You should lock them up.
… - They handed round coffee and biscuits.
… - They have tried other people’s schemes. Why have they never tried my scheme?
Bài Tập Bị Động
Passive with Phrasal Verbs
- The government has called out troops.
… - The fog held up the trains, {agent required)
…
- You are to leave this here. Someone will call for it later on.
… - We called in the police.
… - They didn’t look after the children properly.
… - We are flying in reinforcements.
… - Then they called up men of 28.
… - Everyone looked up to him. (agent required)
…
- All the ministers will see him off at the airport, (agent required)
…
- He hasn’t slept in his bed.
… - We can build on more rooms.
… - They threw him out.
… - They will have to adopt a different attitude.
… - He’s a dangerous maniac. They ought to lock him up.
… - Her story didn’t take them in. (agent required)
…
- Burglars broke into the house.
… - The manufacturers are giving away small plastic toys with each packet of cereal. 18 They took down the notice.
… - They frown on smoking here.
… - After the government had spent a million pounds on the scheme they decided that it was impracticable and gave it up. (Make only the first and last verbs passive.)
…
- When I returned I found that they had towed my car away. I asked why they had done this and they told me that it was because I had parked it under a No Parking sign (four passives)
…
- People must hand in their weapons.
… - The crowd shouted him down.
… - People often take him for his brother. 25 No one has taken out the cork.
… - The film company was to have used the pool for aquatic displays, but now they have changed their minds about it and are filling it in. (Make the first and last verbs passive.)
…
- This college is already full. We are turning away students the whole time.
… - You will have to pull down this skyscraper as you have not complied with the town planning regulations.
…
Bài Tập Bị Động
Passive with Changes of Construction
Bài Tập Bị Động
Passive with Verb of Reporting
- We added up the money and found that it was correct.
… - I’m employing a man to tile the bathroom.
… - Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
…… - It is your duty to make tea at eleven o’clock. (Use suppose.)
…… - People know that he is armed.
… - Someone saw him pick up the gun.
… - We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.
… - We believe that he has special knowledge which may be useful to the police, (one passive)
…
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Passive with Imperative & Modal Verbs
- You needn’t have done this.
… - It’s a little too loose; you had better ask your tailor to take it in. (one passive)
…
- He likes people to call him ‘sir’.
… - Don’t touch this switch.
… - You will have to get someone to see to it.
… - It is impossible to do this. (Use can’t.)
… - Someone is following us.
… - They used to make little boys climb the chimneys to clean them. (one passive)
…
- You have to see it to believe it. (two passives)
…
- You order me about and I am tired of it. (lam tired of. . .)
…
- He doesn’t like people laughing at him.
… - You don’t need to wind this watch.
… - They shouldn’t have told him.
… - We decided to divide the money between the widows of the lifeboatmen.
… - People believe that he was killed by terrorists.
… - They are to send letters to the leaders of charitable organizations.
… - We consider that she was the best singer that Australia has ever produced. (one passive)
…
- We don’t allow smoking.
… - We know that the expedition reached the South Pole in May.
… - Before they invented printing people had to write everything by hand.
… - They urged the government to create more jobs. (two ways)
…
- They suggested banning the sale of alcohol at football matches.
…