Listening/Speaking
Grammar Booster
The Perfect and Continuous tenses in the Passive Voice

VERB TENSES | ACTIVE VOIC | PASSIVE VOICE
Present Continuous | •He is delivering the letters. | • The letters are being delivered
Past Continuous | • He was delivering the letters. | • The letters were being delivered
Future Perfect | • He’ll have delivered the letters by 5 tomorrow. | • The letters will have been delivered
Present Perfect | • He has delivered the letters. | • The letters have been delivered.
Past Perfect | • He had delivered the letters. | • The letters had been delivered.

4. | GW. Change the sentences into the Passive Voice paying attention to the Grammar Booster.

Model: | -People are destroying huge areas of rainforests nowadays. -Huge areas of rainforests are being destroyed by people nowadays.

1. Jane has written the best composition in class this week.
2. A German scientist Felix Hoffman changed aspirin into a modern medicine in 1897.
3. Everybody can practise yoga at any age.
4. People have used acupunture in Chinese medicine for over 5,000 years.
5. The director has offered Sally a new job.
6. He’ll have cleaned his room by the time the match begins.
7. The teacher is telling a story to her students.
8. The doctor will examine the patient in 10 minutes.
5. IW. Write the sentences in the Active Voice.
1. A lot of herbs are being used for fighting diseases in Azerbaijan.
2. New species of fish are being discovered every year.
3. Roberto is being treated for a bad burn on his arm in hospital now.
4. In our country certain prices such as the price of medical supplies are controlled by the government.
5. The first fish appeared on the earth about 500 million years ago. Up to now, more than 20,000 kinds of fish have been named and described by scientists.