Ex 1. Complete the sentences, using the correct passive forms of the verbs in brackets. 1. More trees (plant) ___________________ every year to minimize the adverse impacts or environmental disaster to human beings and other animals. 2. Aids (send) ______________________ to the flood victims by the government tomorrow. 3. Thousands of buildings in Japan (destroy) ____________________when the earthquake happened in 2014. 4. An empty bottle can (reuse) __________________ thirty times. 5. Earthquake victims (already send) __________________humanitarian aid by many countries. Ex 2. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words. 1. Nobody cleans the room every day. -> The room ............................................................................................................................. 2. Julie took a message yesterday. (taken) -> ………………………………………………………..……………………………………. 3. Mr. Smith will collect the tickets. (collected) -> ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. They had repaired their house before the typhoon came. -> Their house ………………………………………………………………………………… 5. No one has used this computer for several days. -> This computer ……………………………………………………………………………… 6. Thanks to technology advances, people can predict some weather disasters such as hurricanes and blizzards. -> Thanks to ……………………………………………………………………… (predicted) Ex 3. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple past or past perfect. 1. By the time the storm (hit) _____________ the fishing village, all of the boats (return) ____________ to the port. 2. Most people (leave) ______________before the volcano (erupt) ______________ 3. When I came to the stadium, the match (start) __________________ 4. They (spend) ______________the night in the flooded area before help (arrive) ___________ 5. Simon (get) ______________lost because he (not take) ______________a map with him. Ex 4. Rewrite 1. We had lunch then we took a look around the shops. -> Before ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The three injured men were taken to the hospital by some local people. After that, the ambulance came. -> The three injured men …………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………. ………………… (by the time)