English Exercise

Passive Voice
Eric Putra Sutanto

I. Rewrite the sentences below using the passive ! ( Page 107 Sb )

1. The name Generation X was made famous by Coupland’s novel.
2. Sometimes different names are invented by the media.
3. The term Generation 9/11 was used by Newsweek magazine in 2001.
4. People growing up after the war were given the name ‘Baby Boomers’.
5. In the future today’s baby would be known as Generation Z.
6. A book about Millennials was written by William Strauss and Neil Howe.
7. The Generation born from 1910 to 1920 is sometimes called ‘The Greatest Generation’.
8. Younger people have always been criticised by older people for their bad behaviour.

II. Rewrite the sentences below using the passive ! ( Page 62 Wb )

1. The Institute’s given a million euros a year.
2. A cure for cancer will be discovered one day.
3. The files were stolen by someone last year.
4. These photos were taken at the end of the war.
5. The missing people have been found by the searchers.
6. The paintings are cleaned by someone once a year.
III. Read the text and correct five mistakes with passives ! ( Page 62 Wb )