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UNIT 3
PASSIVE VOICE
1 Rewrite the sentences
using the
PASSIVE
VOICE. Use the same
tense.
1 The police questioned George.
George ______________________________.
2 We have chosen this one.
This one _____________________________.
3 They were rebuilding their house.
Their house __________________________.
4 They have drunk all the wine.
All the wine __________________________.
5 They have broken the window.
The window __________________________.
6 They can draw a house easily.
A house _________________________ easily.
7 They are repainting the house.
This house ___________________________.
8 They are cutting down the tall trees in our
street.
The tall trees in our street
__________________________________.
9 They are broadcasting this program all over
the world.
This program___________________________
all over the world.
10 The wind blew away our tent.
Our tent ______________________________
by the wind.
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11 The police has caught the bank robbers.
The bank robbers _______________________
by the police.
12 Somebody was digging a big hole in the garden.
A big hole _____________________________
in the garden.
13 Somebody has bought all the ingredients.
All the ingredients _______________________
___________.
14 Somebody beat him up last week.
He ___________________________________
last week.
15 Shakespeare wrote this play.
This play _____________________________
by Shakespeare.
16 Nobody is dealing with this problem.
This problem __________________________.
17 Nobody ate the food.
The food ______________________________.
18 He never does his homework.
His homework __________________________.
19 A robot drives this airplane.
This airplane __________________________
by a robot.
20 A dog bit her yesterday.
by a dog yesterday.
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21 They are lending the picture to a famous
museum.
The picture ____________________________
to a famous museum.
22 They left the stolen car in the ditch.
The stolen car __________________________
in the ditch.
23 They did not mislead John and Ann.
John and Ann __________________________.
24 Nobody had known it for years.
It ___________________________________
for years.
25 They could not keep the thing secret.
The thing _____________________________
secret.
26 Peter and Tom hurt themselves in an accident
yesterday.
Peter and Tom _________________________
in an accident yesterday.
27 A hurricane has hit southern Florida and Hawaii.
Southern Florida and Hawaii _______________
___________ by a hurricane.
28 They must have hidden the treasure.
The treasure ___________________________.
29 Everything they had overheard remained secret.
Everything that _________________________
remained a secret.
30 They have not given me the money.
The money _______________________ to me.
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31 They have not given me the money.
I __________________________________.
32 They froze all bottles before transportation.
All bottles _____________________________
before transportation.
33 I cannot forgive him what he has done to me.
What he has done to me
__________________________________.
34 They are going to forget everything.
Everything ____________________________.
35 Everybody forbids everything.
Everything ____________________________.
36 I will find the best way.
The best way __________________________.
37 They had fought the battles for liberation.
The battles for liberation
__________________________________.
38 We could not feel the mosquito bite.
The mosquito bite _______________________.
39 They say that learning English is easy.
It ___________________________________
that learning English is easy.20.
40 We feed our horses well.
Our horses ____________________________.
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