ACTIVE – PASSIVE

SET 1

1. The site excavated / was excavated two centuries ago.

3. The company has taken over / has been taken over recently.
4. The Republic proclaimed / was proclaimed at the turn of the century.
5. Warm blooded animals maintain / are maintained their body temperature.
6. Have the examiners announced / been announced the results yet?
7. The Court of Appeal reversed / was reversed the earlier judgment.
8. The new space ship will launch / will be launched next week.
9. The project requires / is required finding a great sum of money.
10. The police have issued / have been issued a description of the wanted man.
11. Pictures of the surface of a newly discovered planet received / were received yesterday.
12. A client delayed / was delayed Joanne when she was leaving the office.
13. A curtain conceals / is concealed the emergency exit.
14. The hostages are holding / are being held in a farm house.
15. Solar cells supply / are supplied the required energy for the tribunes.
16. Heavy steel rollers use / are used to produce sheets of wet paper.
17. The older musicians disdain / are disdained the new rock-influenced music.
18. I don’t think that this rule can enforce / can be enforced.
19. A disease eradicated / was eradicated the whole species.
20. Nothing can account for / can be accounted for this rude behavior.
21. An unexpected tornado smashed / was smashed several homes and uprooted / was uprooted
trees in a suburb of Knoxville.
22. The findings reveal / are revealed the facts about the accident.
23. The inspectors will submit / will be submitted their report to the management next week.
24. Rebel forces captured / were captured the city after a week-long battle.
25. We have accumulated / have been accumulated so much rubbish over the years.

ACTIVE – PASSIVE
SET 2

1. The principle of the mercury barometer discovered / was discovered in 1643.

2. Wearing seat belts has saved / has been saved many lives so far.
3. Food must heat / must be heated to a high temperature to kill harmful bacteria.
4. Losing several matches in succession had demoralized / had been demoralized the team.
5. Many fertilizers contain / are contained nitrogen compounds.
6. She finally achieved / was achieved her ambition to visit South America.
7. The police released / were released the suspect.
8. Susan is color-blind and she can't distinguish / can’t be distinguished between red and green
easily.
9. The government is allocating / is being allocated £10 million for health education.
10. He sent / was sent to prison for a crime that he didn't commit.
11. Security forces halted / were halted the demonstrators by blocking the road.
12. Antibiotics are drugs that use / are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other organisms.
13. Repairing the roof will entail / will be entailed spending a lot of money.
14. Most of the old part of the city destroyed / was destroyed by bombs during the war.
15. Tom has expelled / has been expelled from school for bad behavior.
16. This tradition brought / was brought to North America by Irish and British colonists.
17. The book's success has surpassed / has been surpassed everyone's expectations.
18. I noticed that his family photographs displayed / were displayed on the wall.
19. The fertilizers and pesticides are polluting / are being polluted the water supply.
20. Recently, very high taxes have imposed / have been imposed on cigarettes.

ACTIVE – PASSIVE
SET 3

1. The name of the dead man will not release / will not be released until his relatives have been
informed.
2. The two countries have signed / have been signed a trade agreement for one year only.
3. The President dedicated / was dedicated herself to protecting the rights of the old, the sick and the
homeless.
4. Smoking should ban / should be banned in public places.
5. Increasing efforts are making / are being made to end the dispute.
6. Research on biological warfare agents will use / will be used for defensive purposes.
7. The government has refused / has been refused to negotiate with the strikers.
8. All meals provide / are provided throughout the course.
9. The government is criticizing / is being criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
10. The American Civil War fought / was fought between the North and the South partly over the issue
of slavery.
11. These seats reserve / are reserved for the elderly and women with babies.
12. The books in the library classify / are classified according to subject.
13. Patients' names have changed / have been changed to protect their privacy.
14. The terrorist action has condemned / has been condemned as an act of barbarism and
cowardice.
15. By the time the rebel troops arrived, the village had already abandoned / had already been
abandoned.
16. The accident changed / was changed his whole outlook on life.
17. Now the data is transferring / is being transferred from magnetic tape to hard disk.
18. Her dance compositions added / were added a whole new dimension to the contemporary dance
repertoire.
19. The agreement gives / is given companies free access to the markets of member countries.
20. This film banned / was banned in several countries.