The Passive

All tenses · Causative have/get · FCE Use of English
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Exercises practising The Passive. Total: 38 points. Vocabulary from the B2 word bank is used throughout.
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Exercise 1
Active to passive — identify the tense
8 points
Rewrite each sentence in the passive, keeping the same tense.
1
Automation is displacing thousands of workers in the manufacturing sector.
2
The company published a report on carbon emissions last quarter.
3
Governments will introduce stricter data privacy laws next year.
4
Scientists have linked deforestation to the rapid decline in biodiversity.
Exercise 2
Complete with the correct passive form
10 points
Use the verb in brackets in the correct passive form.
1
The new data privacy legislation (approve) by parliament last month.
2
Carbon emissions (reduce) significantly by 2035 under the new policy.
3
Thousands of workers (make) redundant since automation began.
4
The company's digital footprint (audit) by a cybersecurity firm every year.
5
When the report (publish), the extent of the inequality was shocking.
6
The entrepreneur (award) a grant to develop her sustainable packaging start-up.
7
New renewable energy infrastructure (build) across the country right now.
8
It (expect) that fossil fuel use will decline sharply by 2040.
9
The start-up's algorithm (not / test) properly before launch.
10
A solution to the inequality problem (still / not / find).
Exercise 3
Causative have / get
8 points
Rewrite each sentence using have or get + object + past participle.
1
A specialist audited the company's carbon footprint annually. (have)
2
Someone hacked her data storage during the cybersecurity breach. (get)
3
A legal firm is reviewing the data privacy contract for us tomorrow. (have)
4
A consultant analysed their digital footprint last week. (get)
Exercise 4
Key word transformation
8 points
1
Experts believe that automation will transform the workforce. BELIEVED
It ______ automation will transform the workforce.
2
A cybersecurity firm tests the company's systems every year. TESTED
The company's systems ______ a cybersecurity firm every year.
3
Someone leaked the data privacy report to the press. WAS
The data privacy report ______ the press.
4
A consultant revised her carbon footprint strategy. (have/get)
REVISED
She ______ her carbon footprint strategy by a consultant.

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