ACTIVITIES PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE 1.Someone reads to the old lady every morning.

2.A car ran over our dog. 3.People will simply laugh at youfor your trouble. 4.They asked Maisiewhy she went about with a silly person like me. 5.The wind blew my hatoff. 6.People will laugh at youif you go out dressed like that. 7.Someone has stolen my collection of knives. 8.Nobody had eaten the dinner before they finished theconversation 9.Did the noise frighten you?. 10.A new company has taken the businessover. 11.I hate people looking at me. 12.He wishes to see that they have carried out his instructions. 13. An announcer is reading the news. 14 .Horses pull carts. 15.The Queen is opening that hospital next week. 16.The Prime Minister is making a speech this evening. 17.A policeman is using the phone. 18. A greengrocer sells potatoes. 19.Teenagers buy a lot of pop records. 20.Architects design buildings. 21.Father is cooking the dinner. Mother is cleaning up the kitchen afterwards.

22.A group of small boys are feeding the monkeys. 23.Bees make honey. 24.They have arrested the thief. 25.An unemployed labourer was repairing my roof. 26.Floods swept away the wooden bridge. 27.They were drinking toasts. 28.They close the shop at one oclock. 29.Prisoners are building the new road. 30.The Mayor is judging the fancy dress parade. 31.A fourteen-year-old boy was driving the car. 32.Mice must have eaten the cheese that the maid left out of the table. 33.Teachers should make lessons more interesting for pupils. 34.People will laugh at you if you go out dressed like that. 35.We shall lock the house up for the summer and the old gardener will look after it. 36.You must account for every penny. 37.I should love someone to take me to dinner. 38.You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission. 39. They took the collection half-way through the meeting. 40. Her beauty struck me deeply.