Actives and passives

Complete the sentences with an appropriate active or passive form of the verb in brackets. You may need to use more than one word in each gap. Use contracted forms for negatives (don't , isn't). 1. Glenn Lambert was released (release) from prison yesterday, ten years after being found (find) guilty of a crime he didn't commit (not commit).2. Our car is being repaired (repair) at the garage at the moment. I was told (tell) yesterday that it probably wouldn't be (not be) ready until next Friday.3. A: I was asked (ask) to give a talk at the conference next month. B: So have I. I haven't prepared (not prepare) mine yet. How about you?4. A: What happened (happen) to those boys who were caught (catch) spraying paint on the walls of the school last year? B: Don't you remember? They were made (make) to clean it all off. It took (take) them three days altogether.5. Three million chocolate bars are produced (produce) at this factory each week. Over one million of these are sold (sell) in the UK, and the rest are exported (export) to other European countries.6. My great grandfather was given (give) a beautiful clock when he retired in 1960. When he died (die) in 1980, the clock stopped (stop) working; it still hasn't been fixed (not fix).7. A Roman necklace, which is thought (think) to be worth over £2 million, was found (find) last week by Audrey Perham while she was walking (walk) her dog in Queen's Park, Brighton.8. There were two of them, both about ten years old. They came into my garden and destroyed (destroy) all the flowers. The police still hasn't done (not do) anything about it. It's not right - they shouldn't be allowed (allow) to get away with it!