ESCUELA NORMAL SUPERIOR BUCARAMANGA.

ENGLISH ELEVENTH GRADE. 2020

TEACHER ALBA INÉS BAUTISTA NIÑO

GUIDE # 7. ACTIVE VOICE VS. PASSIVE VOICE

STUDENT: joyselis manuela reyes Loperena 11-5. DATE: 02 09 2020

EXERCISES

A. Change the active voice sentences to passive voice.

1. When did Colón discover America? America was discovered by colon

2. Many of the stars will perform concerts for their favorite charity. Concerts are performed by manyo f
the starts for their favorite charity
3. My grandfather has made the chest of drawers for my wedding present. The chest of drawners was
made by my grandfather for my wedding present
4. Where did they invent Coca Cola? Where was coca cola invented?

5. John collects money. Money was collected by john

6. Anna opened the window. The window was opened by Anna
7. We have done our homework. Our homework was done by us
8. I will ask a question. A question Will be asked by me
9. He can cut out the picture. The picture can be cuto ut by him
10. The sheep ate a lot. A lot was eaten by the sheep
11. We do not clean our rooms. Our room were not cleaned
12. William will not repair the car. The car Will not be repaired by william
13. Did Sue draw this circle? Was the circle drawn by Susan?
14. Could you feed the dog? Could the dog be feed by you?
15. James might cook dinner. Dinner might be cooked (by james)
16. Where did they produce most bananas? Bananas are produced mainly in África and latín América
17. The Government is planning a new road near my house. A new road is being planned near my house
18. Somebody should do the work. Work should be done by somebody
19. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm. All rhe Windows had been cleaned
20. M,y husband must have taken my wallet. My wallet must have been taken by my husband
21. By next year the students will have studied the passive by next year the passive Will have been studied (by the
sutudents)
22. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy. Jimmy might have been delayed (by the traffic)
23. . Picasso was painting Guernica in 1937. Guernica was being painted by Picasso in 1937
24. In what century did the British settle Australia? In what century did the British settle Australia
 25. The students are going to organize their promotion’s party. The promotion party is going to be
organized by the students

B. Reading. Read the following article about the amazing similarities between the assassination of
John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln; then do the exercises that follow it.

1. Answer the following questions without looking back at the previous text.
a. On which day of the week were both presidents killed?

 A friday
b. Who killed Kennedy?
 John Wilkes Booth
c. What was the name of the presidents that succeeded both Kennedy and Lincoln?

 Andrew Johnson
d. Where was Lincoln a week before his death?

 In Monroe Maryland
e. Who was born in 1908?

 Lyndon Johnson
f. When was Kennedy elected?

 In 1960
g. Where was Lincoln shot?

 In the head
h. What issue were both presidents involved with?

 Were know by three names

2. Now look at the following sentences from the text and change them into passive sentences.
a. Voters elected Kennedy to Congress in 1946.

 Kennedy was elected in the 1946 congress

b. Voters elected Kennedy president in 1960.

 Kennedy was elected as president in 1960

c. Someone shot Kennedy on a Friday.

 Kennedy was shot one friday

d. The gunman shot Kennedy in the head.

 Kennedy was shot in the head

e. A Southerner assassinated Kennedy.

 Kennedy was assaissinated by southener

f. A Southerner named Johnson Kennedy succeeded Kennedy.

 Kennedy was succeeded by johnson

g. The gunman shot Kennedy in a car called a "Lincoln" that the company Ford made.

 The gunman shot Kennedy in a car called a Lincoln that the company Ford made
h. Oswald ran from a warehouse and the police caught him in a theatre.

 In a theatre the pólice caught Oswald but he was ran from a warehouse
i. Someone assassinated Oswald before his trial.

 Before his trial Oswald was assassinated

C. Rewrite the following text using the passive voice where possible. Remove all references to the agent.
Examples: I poured the mixture into the test tube.
The mixture was poured into the test tube.

A policeman accidentally shot a young child today. He fired his gun by mistake while he was checking an
upstairs bedroom for illegal firearms. The police had forced open the front door of the house and were
performing a room to room search when the incident occurred. The Metropolitan Police force have made
a public apology but this has only served to incense the local community who feel that the Met should
charge the officer in question with manslaughter.

A young child was shot accidentally by a policeman today. A gun was fired by mistake while an upstairs
bedroom was being checked for illegal firearms. The front door of the house had been forced open and a room
to room search were being permormed when the incident occurred.
A public apology has been made but the local community this has only served to incense the local community
who feel that the officer in question should be charged with manslaughter.