The Passive Form (Lower level)

Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms:

active		passive
The hunter killed the lion.	>>	The lion was killed by the hunter.
Someone has cleaned the windows	>>	The windows have been cleaned

The passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle:

	be	past participle
English	is	spoken	all over the world
The windows	have been	cleaned
Lunch	was being	served
The work	will be	finished	soon
They	might have been	invited	to the party

 

The Passive Form

Completa el texto con la forma pasiva correcta de los verbos entre paréntesis.

The building in front of you  (call) the Summer Palace. It  (build) in 1728 and nowadays it  (consider) one of the finest examples of baroque arquitecture in the country. The south façade of the building  (restore) several times since 1728, but the rest of the building  (keep) unaltered. Today the Palace  (own) by the town hall and for the last ten years it  (use) as a home for the Art Museum. Last year one of our most valuable paitings  (steal) from the museum. At the moment a new wing  (add) to host the contemporary art collections, with special security conditions.