PASSIVE EXERCISE 2

A. Change the active sentences below into passive! Just write “No Change”
if it cannot be changed into passive!
1. Shakespeare wrote that play.
2. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
3. A strange thing happened yesterday.
4. Alex is preparing that report.
5. Waitresses and waiters serve customers.
6. The teacher is going to explain the new material.
7. It has been raining so hard.
8. Her hair fell over and hurt my knee.
9. Shirley has suggested a new idea.
10. Two horses were pulling the farmer’s wagon.
11. Kathy had returned the book to the library.
12. Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.
13. By this time tomorrow, the president will have made the announcement.
14. I didn’t write that one. Jim wrote it.
15. Alice didn’t make that pie.

B. Change the passive sentences below into active!

1. Paper was invented by the Chinese.
2. My sweater was made in England.
3. The new highway will be completed next month.
4. She was told to be quick.
5. The whiteboard is always erased by one of the students.
6. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony was performed at the concert last night.
7. The soccer games are being broadcasted all over the world.
8. This rug was made by my aunt.
9. A very difficult question has been asked to the students.
10. The small fishing village was being destroyed by a hurricane at that moment.
11. The winning goal will be scored by James.
12. The cup was dropped by Tommy.
13. The monument has been being visited by hundreds of people.
14. The composition wasn’t written by Ali.
15. Papyrus was used to write in Egypt, Greece, and other Mediterranean lands.