Grammar: The passive: all tenses p. 79

Complete the sentences with the correct active or passive form of the verb in brackets.
1 Conrad and his team ________ (design) a health app last month.
2 Our Science research ________ (upload) already.
3 Some friends of ours ________ (open) a café here soon.
4 This laptop ________ (sell) at a cheap price.
5 I think the movie ________ (be) really exciting
6 New tech devices ________ (invent) every day.

Turn the sentences from active into the passive and vice versa. Use they when there is no subject. Do not use the contacted form.

1 My brother has set up the tablet for me.
________
2 These Bluetooth speakers were given to us by Uncle Jack.
________
3 Holly should be offered the job: she is a real techie!
________
4 Sam is printing the report right now.
________
5 Who baked this delicious cake?
________
6 The gaming controller hasn't been fixed, yet.
________

Find one mistake in each sentence and write the correction in the box. Write out if a word needs to be taken out.

1 How much will you been paid as a school IT technician? ________
2 Look! Jack was fixed the games console! ________
3 The first prize of the IT competition was given to Anne from the headmaster. ________
4 Spanish is widely spoke. ________

Read the extracts on technological devices that can help the environment or allow us to live a healthier lifestyle and complete it with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Technological goodies!
Extract 1: E-waste is a major problem. Just think, last year more than 5 billion smartphones ________ (throw away). Companies ________ (encourage) to look for technology that ________ (can fix). Nokia's G22 is the latest, repairable phone. Its screen, charging port, or battery ________ (replace) easily with a small screwdriver. These are the most delicate parts of a phone and the ones that ________ (more often / break).

Extract 2: ________ (can substitute / an alarm clock) by a smartphone? It isn't always a good idea to do so! Think about it: if you have your smartphone on your bedside table, ________ (you / tempt) to use it and spoil your chances of getting to sleep? If this applies to you, get the Loftie Clock, instead! You ________ (wake up) softly without any danger of scrolling until the early hours of the morning. Also, thanks to an in-built AI system, you ________ (entertain) with personalised bed-time stories. Get ready to ________ (lull) to sleep!