Worksheet 30: Passive voice with double objects

ENGA10TRF
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Porto
Rewrite the sentences below beginning with the indirect object (in bold) Revise:
as the subject of the passive sentences. Student’s Book, p. 149
Workbook, p. 75
Study Guide, p. 25
a. The broadcaster told me a lie.
b. I didn’t send him a welcome email.
c. The TV presenter showed us the way.
d. My father gave me a vintage radio.
e. The politician has asked him a favour.
f. The editor will give you some tips.
g. The BBC has sent her a nice postcard.
h. The cartoon designer will draw you a draft.
i. The columnist has written us a letter.
j. The journalist wrote it in a biased way.
k. She didn’t give her password to them.
l. The photo editor sent her the pictures.

Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words in brackets.

a. John gave a first edition of Vogue magazine to Jen. (Jen…)

b. John gave a first edition of Vogue magazine to Jen. (A first edition…)

c. I lent an iPad to my grandparents. (My grandparents…)

d. I lent an iPad to my grandparents. (An iPad…)

e. The witness told the truth to the journalist. (The journalist…)

f. The witness told the truth to the journalist. (The truth…)

g. The paparazzi sold the scandalous picture to The Sun. (The Sun…)

h. The paparazzi sold the scandalous picture to The Sun. (The scandalous picture…)

i. The host asked a difficult question to the US President. (The US President…)

j. The host asked a difficult question to the US President. (A difficult question…)

k. They taught some advertising tricks to the students. (The students…)

l. They taught some advertising tricks to the students. (Some advertising tricks…)