1. Complétez avec la forme du verbe et le temps qui convient, à l'actif ou au passif :

A 30 second earthquake (rock) buildings and (shatter) windows in los Angeles last night. Highway 118 (heavily / damaged). A small shopping mall (destroy). A fire (believe) to (cause) by a fractured gas main. Hundreds of shops and cinemas (evacuate). 40 people (report) to (kill).

2. Choisissez la réponse qui convient :

1) The doctor had ...
a) sent b) been sent c) sent for d) been sent for

2) When I came in, the room ...
a) was cleaned b) was cleaning c) was being cleaned

3) He can't be relied ...
a) Æ b) for c) on d) at

4) He was made ... his house.
a) to sell b) sell c) selling d) sold

5) I knew that the President had been ... the letter.
a) made sign b) made signing c) signed d) made to sign

6) The armchair had never been ...
a) sat on b) sat c) sitting d) sitted

7) The President was heard ... that the problem was extremely serious.
a) say b) having said c) to say d) said

8) These blankets want ...
a) to wash b) to be washed c) washing d) being washed

3. Mettre à la voix passive :

1) No one expects you to do it now.

2) It is reported that some tourists were killed.

3) They made her stand up and asked her to sign the letter.

4) They had ordered us to go out.

5) They believed she was in jail.

4. Mettez les phrases suivantes à la voix passive (chaque fois que c'est possible, omettez le complément d'agent) :

1) The thief had broken into the house.

2) He had smashed windows and knocked the furniture down.

3) He had scattered papers and books all over the floor.

4) Fortunately, he had assaulted no one.

5) But the police sent for the doctor because the thief had frightened the occupants.

6) The police could not account for the act because the thief had not taken anything away.

5. Mettez les verbes entre parenthèses au temps et formes qui conviennent et à la voix passive :

Dorset, yesterday : five men (sentence) to five years of imprisonment after they (charge) with armed robbery. The five men (say) to be experienced criminals. The criminals (not / release) until they have served their time in jail.

6. Mettez au passif les passages en gras. Ne mentionnez le complément d'agent que s'il vous semble strictement nécessaire du point de vue de l'information apportée.

Doctors are to offer the measles vaccination¹ to millions of children to combat an expected epidemic next year. Experts predict that the disease could strike up to 200,000 children. The epidemic could reach levels not seen for more than a decade. The government will spend £20 million on all children between 5 and 16. Epidemics affecting hundreds of thousands of victims were once common but the introduction of the vaccine in 1968 steadily reduced the toll². Chief Medical Officer Dr K C. said : "There is a strong evidence that unless we carry out a strong immunisation campaign, we will experience the largest measles epidemic since the early 1980s.

1. measles vaccination : vaccin contre la rougeole 2. the toll : le nombre de victimes