I. Make sentences passive. Use BY…………….

only if it is necessary to
say who does/ did/has done ……..the action.
1. Shakespeare wrote ”Romeo and Juliet”
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2. My boss has fired me because of bad sales results!!
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3. Electricity drives this new car.
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4. Someone will help you to plant all those trees.
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5. A drunken motorist caused a mortal car accident .
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6. People speak English in lots of countries.
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7. They have offered my neighbour a new job.
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8. Somebody should tell Mike about the next meeting.
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9. Somebody needs to do something.
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10. They are building a new railway station outside town.
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11. They will open the new hospital next year.
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12. The teachers handed out the exam papers to the students .
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13. My parents tell my baby sister a story every evening.
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14. An enormous landslide destroyed three villages.
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15. They have restored the art museum.
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16. Two witnesses saw the plane crash in the suburbs of Boston.
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17. They had built this cathedral in the thirteenth century.
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18. My sister must send an application to become an au pair girl in England.
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19. David Cameron directed “Titanic”
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20. Nobody ever saw the poor kidnapped little boy again!
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II. Rewrite the sentences in the PASSIVE FORM beginning the
sentences as suggested.
1. Because of extreme heat, huge fires have destroyed many houses in
California
Many houses-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. People must respect strict rules on roads to avoid accidents.
Strict rules-------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Nobody invited me to the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the
American landing .
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4. Somebody will warn my neighbour when the road works start.
My neighbour -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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5. They make glass from sand.
Glass---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. Six months after the robbery at the jeweller’s , the police haven’t
arrested the robbers yet.
The robbers-------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. They are renovating the factory buildings near the park to convert them
in flats.
The factory buildings---------------------------------------------------------------
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8. Children buy their mothers lots of flowers for Mothers’ day
Lots of flowers---------------------------------------------------------------------
9. They were making a cake when I came back home.
A cake-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. They told me that the meeting would be postponed.
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11. They should have improved the engines of electricity driven cars by now.
The engines of electricity driven cars-------------------------------------------
12. Hundreds of millions of people speak Spanish in the world.
Spanish----------------------------------------------------------------------------
13. Nobody can really explain the recent natural disasters.
The recent natural disasters----------------------------------------------------
14. The Lumière brothers invented the cinema about 130 years ago.
The cinema------------------------------------------------------------------------
15. Brad Pitt played the lead part in the film “Seven”.
The lead part --------------------------------------------------------------------
16. A mad man murdered the owner of the small shop round the corner.

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17. They have found a new mummy in the biggest pyramid in Egypt.
A new mummy ----------------------------------------------------------------------
18. The president of WWF gave money to a new association in South Africa
to create a natural reserve
A new association ------------------------------------------------------------------
19. I didn’t know that the new computer firm had accepted my application
for a job.
I didn’t know that my application -------------------------------------------------
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20.My friends gave me a lot of presents for my birthday.
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III .Translate the following sentences in your own language.
1. Many towns in Eastern Europe have been flooded because of the
heaviest rains ever registered in a century.
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2. A new school has just been built to replace the old one.
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3. The flat will soon be redecorated .
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4. Several immigrants got arrested at the border between The USA and
Mexico.
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5. An invitation to their wedding anniversary will be sent to all the relatives.
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6. A lot of research into climate changes is being done at the moment.
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7. The film ”Schindler’s list “ was awarded several Oscars.
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8. My car was stolen two days ago in my garage!
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9.The winner of the marathon was welcomed by thousands of spectators.
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10.In spring, small calves, foals and lambs can be seen playing in fields
in the countryside.
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