Passive

Rewrite each sentence Voice starting with the word given.

1. People ate most of the food at the party.

Most of the food was eaten at the party.
2. Jim is painting Mary’s house today.
Mary’s __________________________________________________________________
3. Ann won the beauty competition.
The _____________________________________________________________________
4. They have raised the price of this flat considerably.
The price ________________________________________________________________
5. One of our students has lost this cigarette lighter.
This _____________________________________________________________________
6. Most of the guests had drunk a glass of champagne by midnight.
A glass of champagne _______________________________________________________
7. Last night someone broke into my car.
My car ___________________________________________________________________
8. They are redecorating her bedroom today.
Her bedroom ______________________________________________________________
9. Hardly anybody remembers his name here.
His name __________________________________________________________________
10. They are building a new cinema near here.
A new _____________________________________________________________________
11. They will have finished all the road works by the end of the year.
All the road works ___________________________________________________________
12. Nobody has collected rubbish here for weeks.
Rubbish ____________________________________________________________________
13. They produced this model of car 30 years ago.
This model __________________________________________________________________
14. The police suspect her neighbour of committing the murder.
Her neighbour _______________________________________________________________
15. They introduced their new product, IPad 32GB, in May 2010.
Their new __________________________________________________________________

Sentences which have TWO OBJECTS can be changed into the

PASSIVE VOICE in two ways:

He gave me a newspaper – ACTIVE VOICE

A newspaper was given to me – PASSIVE VOICE
I was given a newspaper – PASSIVE VOICE

Transform these sentences into PASSIVE in two ways.

1. They gave me two books.

I was given two books.
Two books were given to me.
2. They have promised him a new bicycle.
He ____________________________________________________________________
A new bicycle ___________________________________________________________
3. They will offer her a job.
She ___________________________________________________________________
A job __________________________________________________________________
4. The committee had grand her $5,000.
She ____________________________________________________________________
$5,000 _________________________________________________________________
5. They are showing me this place.
I ______________________________________________________________________
This place _______________________________________________________________
6. They offer me the bike at the price of $150.
I _______________________________________________________________________
The bike _________________________________________________________________