PASSIVE VOICE IN PRESENT

Read the next paragraph and choose the best option to complete each blank. Use the passive voice in simple present to answer this exercise.


BUYING BY INTERNET
 
You have probably seen ads in newspapers or TV. for mail-order firms. Perhaps a catalogue (1) _______ (send) to you. Why do people buy things they haven’t seen in person? Some people believe that things (2) _________ (buy) more cheaply by mail. Another advantage of buying by mail is that it is more comfortable to sit at home and look through a catalogue than to rush around the stores. With a catalogue from a large firm, you have your own shop window for almost everything you want to buy.
 
Buying from a catalogue is very easy and time and trouble (3) _____ (save) by the shopper. Sometimes it saves the shopper money on one item. But people often buy more than they want because they can buy on time. They perhaps pay a certain percent of the total price – a down payment. Then they pay a certain amount of money every month until the merchandise (4) _______ completely (5) ________ (pay).

1.

• are sent

•  is sent

•  was sent

•  has sent

2

• have bought

• are buyed

• are bought

• is bought

3

• will be saved

• are save

• is saved

• are saved

4

• is

• are

• was

• were

5

• pays

• paid

• payed

• pay

Look at the next sentences and choose the best option to complete their passive voice in present:

Two bikes thieves _______________ by the police.

• is arrested

• are arrested

• was arrested

• were arrested

Our dog _______________ every year in March.

• is vaccinated

• are vaccinated

• was vaccinate

• were vaccinated

This movie _______________ by Steven Spielberg.

• is made

• are made

• was made

• were made

Girls and boys _______________ the same things in our school.

• is taught

• are taught

• was taught

• were taught

The lights _______________ off at 10 o’clock.

• is usually switched

• are usually switched

• was usually switched

• were usually switched