Exercise 1: Change the following sentences from active voice into passive. 1. Somebody has taken my briefcase. ………………………………………………………………………………… 2. The teacher returned our written work to us. ………………………………………………………………………………… 3. She had finished her report by soon. ………………………………………………………………………………… 4. The mad dog bit the little boy. ………………………………………………………………………………… 5. The police have arrested five suspects. ………………………………………………………………………………… 6. The doctor ordered him to take a long rest. ………………………………………………………………………………… 7. Lightening struck the house. ………………………………………………………………………………… 8. A group of students have met their friends at the rail way station. ………………………………………………………………………………… 9. They didn’t allow Tom to take these books home. ………………………………………………………………………………… 10. The teacher won’t correct exercises tomorrow. ………………………………………………………………………………… 11. Marry has operated Tom since 10 o’clock. ………………………………………………………………………………… 12. This is the second time they have written to us about this. ………………………………………………………………………………… 13. Mr. Smith has taught us French for two year. ………………………………………………………………………………… 14. They didn’t look after the children properly. ………………………………………………………………………………… 15. Nobody swept this street last week. ………………………………………………………………………………… 16. They paid me a lot of money to do the job. ………………………………………………………………………………… 17.. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books. ………………………………………………………………………………… 18. Someone will tell him that news. ………………………………………………………………………………… 19. They have sent enough money to those poor boys. ………………………………………………………………………………… 20. They have given the women in most countries in the world the right to vote. ………………………………………………………………………………… 21. Who look after the children for you? - By whom ……………………………………………….. 22. Who lend you this book? - By whom ……………………………………………….. 23. How many games has the team played? - How many ……………………………………………….. 24. We gave Ann some bananas and some flowers. ………………………………………………………………………………… 25. They moved the fridge into the living room. ………………………………………………………………………………… |
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Passive voice
1. We have just had our suitcases taken upstairs.
-We have just had...someone take our suitcasese upstairs....
2. The teacher asked the pupils to put waste paper in baskets
-The teacher had..the waste paper put in baskets by the pupils/ the pupils put waste paper in baskets < put -> put -> put>....
3. My uncle will have a man repair the fence tomorrow.
-My uncle will have..the fence repaired by a man tomorrow....
4. The clown gets someone to paint his face.
-The clown...gets his face painted ...
5. They searched his house and found a number of stolen articles.
-His house...was searched and a number of stolen articles were found...