I Turn the following sentences into the passive:

1. They use this room only on special occasions.

2. They rang the church bells as a flood warning.
3. They make these artficial flowers of silk.
4. They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.
5. Who wrote it?
6. They are building many new highways in that state.
7. We will not admit children under sixteen.
8. Somebody has taken my book.
9. She had finished the report by noon.
10. They were following me.
11. Who has broken this glass?
12. The newspapers reported the event immediately.
13. He finishes work at 6.00.
14. He bullies his sister.
15. She carries a sleeping bag.
II Change the following sentences into the passive:
1. We must finish these letters by five o'clock.
2. He cannot finish this task today.
3. They may deliver the merchandise tomorrow.
4. We must help him in every possible way.
5. They should send it to us immediately.
6. They could not understand the handwriting.
7. You should have checked this exercise before you handed it in.
8. Prepare yourself for the worst. (Be ..)
9. They would have done it if somebody had asked them to.
10. They must have seen him.
III Write passive sentences in the correct form:
1. Chinese (speak) in Singapore.
2. The Taj Mahal (build) around 1640.
3. The new hospital (open) next year.
4. She (interview) now.
5. A new shopping center (build) here.
6. You (invite) to Andy's party?
7. He found that all his money (steal).
8. These computers (make) in Korea.
9. Passengers (ask) not to speak to the driver.
10. Sorry about the noise – the road (mend).
11. A Roman pavement just (find) under Oxford Street.
IV Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people, write a passive
sentence:
1. Somebody cleans the room every day.
2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.
3. People don't use this road very often.
4. Somebody accused me of stealing money.
5. How do people learn languages?
6. People advised us not to go out alone.
7. Somebody has ceaned the room.
8. They have postponed the concert.
9. Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
10. I didn't realise that osmebody was recording our conversation.
11. When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.
12. They are building a new ring road round the city.
13. They have built a new hospital near the airport.