Question

Complete the sentences. Use the passive (present of past) of these verbs:build damage find invent make make pay show speak steal1. Paper....from wood2. There was a fire at the hotel last week. Two rooms.......3. many different languages ....in India4. these houses are very old. They. ....about 500 years ago.5. many American programmes.....on on British television6. " Is this a very old film?" "Yes, it........in 19497. my car. ....last week. The next day it....... by the police8. the transistor. .....in 19489. she has a very good job. She.........£3000 a month1. is made2. are damaged3. are spoken4. were built5. are shown6. was made7. was stolen, was found8. was invented9. is payed

Answer 1

1. Paper..is made..from wood2. There was a fire at the hotel last week. Two rooms...are damaged....
3. many different languages ..are spoken..in India
4. these houses are very old. They. .were built...about 500 years ago.
5. many American programmes..are shown...on on British television
6. " Is this a very old film?" "Yes, it.....was made...in 1949
7. my car. .was stolen...last week. The next day it...was found.... by the police
8. the transistor. .was invented....in 1948
9. she has a very good job. She...is paid......£3000 a month

Answer 2

Certainly! It seems you're given sentences where you need to fill in the blanks with the passive form of the given verbs (present or past tense). Here are the completed sentences:

1. Paper is made from wood. 2. There was a fire at the hotel last week. Two rooms were damaged. 3. Many different languages are spoken in India. 4. These houses are very old. They were built about 500 years ago. 5. Many American programmes are shown on British television. 6. "Is this a very old film?" "Yes, it was made in 1949." 7. My car was stolen last week. The next day it was found by the police. 8. The transistor was invented in 1948. 9. She has a very good job. She is paid £3000 a month.

This exercise deals with the passive forms of verbs such as 'make/made', 'damage/damaged', 'speak/spoken', 'build/built', 'show/shown', 'steal/stolen', 'find/found', 'invent/invented', 'pay/paid'. The passive voice is used to emphasize the action done to the subject of the sentence rather than the subject performing the action.