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Change these sentences from active to passive:

1. People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


_in Brazil is spoken portuguese

2. The Government is planning a new road near my house.


_Near my house the government is being planed a new road

3. My grandfather built this house in 1943.


_In 1943 this house was built by my grandfather

4. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.


_At the time Guernica was being painted by picasso

5. The cleaner has cleaned the office.


_The office has been cleaned by the cleaner

6. He had written three books before 1867.


_Before 1867 three book had been written by he

7. John will tell you later.


_Later will be tell you

8. By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.


_the deal we will have been signed by this time tomorrow

9. Somebody should do the work.


__The work should be done by somebody

10. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.


_Jimmy might have been delayed by the traffic

11. Everybody loves Mr Brown.


_Mr Brown is loved everybod

12. They are building a new stadium near the station.


__Near the station they are being built a new stadium

13. The wolf ate the princess.


_the princes was ate by the wolf

14. At six o’clock someone was telling a story.


__a story was being told at six o´clock by someone

15. Somebody has drunk all the milk!


__All the milk has been drunk by somebody

16. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.


_Before the storm all the Windows had been by me

17. A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.


_ Tomorrow the computer will be repaired by a workman
18. By next year the students will have studied the passive.
__The passive will have been studied the next year by students

19. James might cook dinner.


__Dinner might be cooked by james

20. Somebody must have taken my wallet.


__My wallet must have been taken by somebody

Give the passive or active according to each sentence.

Active: Many people visit Washington.

Passive: _Washington is visited by many people

Active: James hoban built the White house_

Passive: The White House was built by James Hoban.

Active: _pennsylvania avenue connected the White house and the capitol
Passive: The White House and the Capitol are connected by Pennsylvania Avenue.

Active: In the Capitol, workers are building a visitors center.

Passive: _a visitors center workers are being built in the capitol

Active: They will probably finish it in 2006.

Passive: _in 2006 they will be probably finish it

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