ÔN PASSIVE VOICE

Exercise 1: Change these sentences into Passive voice

1. Tom delivers the mail every day
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2. Mr. John manages the export division
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3. The teacher corrects our exercises
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4. Somebody calls the president every day
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5. Where do people speak English ?
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6. Weeds cover the riverbank
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7. They use milk for making butter and cheese
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8. People speak English in almost every corner of the world
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9. People spend a lot of money on advertising everyday
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10. No one believes his story
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11 Fire destroyed that house
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12.The students attended the lecture
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13.The movie disappointed us very much
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14.The police easily captured the thief
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15.John returned the money last night
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16. Smoke filled the room
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17. Bob took that book from the desk.
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18.They started a dancing class last week.
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19. Mr. Smith saw the accident
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20. The teacher returned our written work to us
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21.For the time being, Alice is teaching that group
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22.John is calling the other members
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23.The company is developing a new procedure
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24.Who are they keeping in the kitchen?
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25.What books are people reading this year?
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26. Nam is milking the cows.
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27. My father is washing the car.
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28. Sheila is drinking a cup of tea.
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29. Mary is cutting the cake with sharp knife
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30. The mailman is delivering the mail now
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31.Martha was delivering the documents to the department
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32.A French architect was designing the palace.
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33.Mr Brown was writing the report at 8 p.m. yesterday
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34. Who was painting those windows?
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35. The chef engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant
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36. They were not eating dinner.
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37. We were painting the gate.
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38. You were not driving him home.
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39. He was feeding the dogs.
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40. Was she reading these lines?
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41. Beth has finished the report
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42. Somebody has taken my briefcase
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43. She has finished the report at noon
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44. The police have arrested five suspects
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45. Kerrie has paid the bill.
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46. I have eaten a hamburger.
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47. I have opened the present.
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48. They have not read the book.
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49. You have not sent the parcel.
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50. Has she phoned him?
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51.The delegates had received the information before the recess
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52. He had finished his homework before she came.
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53. They had written the passage.
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54. They had planted trees.
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55. I know that they had told him of the meeting.
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56. They had started a fight.
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57. I had not closed the window.
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58. They had not bought the paper.
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59. Had she solved the problem?
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60. John will receive the papers tomorrow.
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61. Somebody will call Mr. Watson tonight
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62. Barbara will eat the cake
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63. They will build a new bridge near my house next year
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64. They will widen the road to our village
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65. They will hold the meeting before May Day
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66. Jane will buy a new computer.
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67. Millions of people will visit the museum.
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68. Our boss will sign the contract.
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69.They will not ask him.
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70. John is going to call the other members
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71. The company is going to develop a new procedure
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72. The students are going to plant trees here
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73. My mother is going to sell this house
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74. They are going to decorate the room next week.
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75. She is going to tell a story
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76. The teacher is going to give a lesson
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77. They are going to buy a new car next month.
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78.How can they open this safe?
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79.You ought to water these plants once a week
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80.They may discuss the problems again
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81. The teacher always welcomes new students.
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82. People speak English all over the world.
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83. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877.
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84. The police found two children in the forest.
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85. They will send your order as soon as possible.
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86. Scientists are studying the problem carefully.
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87. Pat Murphy was riding the horse.
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88. The police have just arrested the robbers.
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89. Sue told us she had had her baby.
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90. They can use this room after 5 p.m.
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91. They believe that Jim is going to study abroad.
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92. People rumored that there was a ghost in that house.
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93. Someone said that Jane would be able to win the contest.
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94. They claimed that everything they said was true.
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95. They reported that there was a serious accident on the main road.
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Exercise 2: Make these sentences active.
1. All the dishes were washed by my mother last night.
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2. The house is cleaned by the maid every Saturday.
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3. History books are read by the students in this class.
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4. A nice dinner was prepared by the cook yesterday.
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5. The suspects were seen by a group of boys near the bus.
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Exercise 3: Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.
1. The teacher will punish Tom.
Tom ……………………………………………….. the teacher.
2. They are painting my office today.
My office …………………………………………..today.
3. Daniel bought this camera in Japan.
This camera ………………………………………… in Japan.
4. The children had made many promises.
Many promises ……………………………………..
5. The price includes breakfast and lunch.
Breakfast and lunch ……………………………… in the price.
6. The City Mayor is going to build a new bridge.
A new bridge ……………………………………… by the City Mayor.
Exercise 4: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. An island ………………. by water. (cover)
2. A new dormitory ………………. in the university campus now. (build)
3. Thank goodness! My jewelry ………………. in the robbery last night. (steal/ not)
4. If I didn’t do my job properly, I ………………. (sack)
5. The electric light bulb ………………. by Thomas Edison. (invent)
6. Mickey Mouse cartoons ………………. in sixty languages. (translate)
7. If it is foggy, the sport event ………………. (cancel).
8. The examinees ………………. the result of the examination next week. (tell)
Exercise 5: Change to the active voice.
1. Progress in science is being made day after day.
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2. The palace was designed by a French architect.
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3. The road in front of my house has been paved.
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4. You can see that the dishes haven’t been washed.
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5. Our salaries will not be increased this year.
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6. Wasn’t that theatre built two years ago?
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7. The problem may be discussed again.
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8. My brother has been offered a well-paid job.
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Exercise 6: Turn these sentences into the passive voice.
1. When will you do the work?
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2. How many days did she spend to finish the work?
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3. How do you spend this amount of money?
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4. What books are people reading this year?
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5. How did the police find the lost man?
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6. Who looked after the chidlren for you?
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Exercise 7: Rewrite the sentences as “Active”.
1. Many women were killed by Jack the Ripper.
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2. Some nice musicals were written by Cole Porter.
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3. We were impressed by your products.
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4. The windows were broken by the burglars.
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5. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates.
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6. America was discovered by Cristopher Columbus.
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7. My shoes are cleaned by me every Friday.
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8. The first plane was flown by the Wright brothers.
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Exercise 8: Change the following sentences into passive voice.
1. They can’t make tea with cold water.
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2. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant.
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3. Somebody has taken some of my books away.
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4. They will hold the meeting before May Day.
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5. They have to repair the engine of the car.
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6. The boys broke the window and took away some pictures.
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7. People spend a lot of money on advertising every day.
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