PASSIVE VOICE

EXERCISE 1: Change the active into the passive.

1. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
- Ann……………………………..
2. I didn't write that letter.
- That letter………………………
3. Hundreds of people visit the White House everyday.
- The White House………………………………….
4. Everyone doesn't know this fact very well.
- This fact………………………………………….
5. Do you wash the dishes everyday?
- Are………………………………………………?
EXERCISE 2: Change the active into the passive.
1. Shakespeare wrote that play.
- That play…………………………………………
2. Does Jackson give that lecture?
- Is …………………………………………………?
3. They will send you the money at the end of the month.
- You………………………………………………….
4. People speak Spanish in many countries.
- Spanish……………………………………………
5. The children often read stories in the evening.
- Stories…………………………………………….
EXERCISE 3: Change the active into the passive.
1. Alice didn't make that cake.
- That cake…………………………………….
2. They buy newspapers everywhere in the city.
- Newspapers …………………………………
3.That company will publish a textbook next year.
- A textbook ………………………………………….
4. She delivers milk at about six o’clock .
- Milk …………………………………………………
5. Somebody cleans the room everyday.
- The room ………………………………………….
EXERCISE 4: Change the active into the passive.
1. A man asked me several difficult questions at the interview.
- I ……………………………………………………..
2. They will probably send him back to Britain.
- He …………………………………………………
3. Now people find this kind of bird in only a few remote places in Scotland.
- This kind of bird ……………………………………
4. They grow rice in the north.
- Rice ………………………………………………..
5. We don't raise cows on our farm.
- Cows ………………………………………………..
EXERCISE 5: Change the active into the passive.
1. People used oil-lamps years ago.
- Oil-lamps ……………………………………………….
2. The boss will meet him tomorrow in the restaurant.
- He ………………………………………………………
3. The old woman feeds fowls twice a day.
- The fowls ………………………………………………
4. Does he often clean the windows?

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- Are……………………………………………………….?
5. She doesn't grow any trees in her garden.
- Trees ……………………………………………………..
EXERCISE 6: Change the active into the passive.
1. The company will give him some money when he retires
- When he retires, he ……………………………………
2. They took it back to the zoo.
- It ……………………………………………………………
3. Someone picks the fruits everyday.
- Fruits………………………………………………………..
4. Does the girl do the housework?
- Is …………………………………………………………..?
5. They don't drive out the cattle to the field in the winter.
- The cattle…………………………………………………
EXERCISE 7: Change the active into the passive.
1. The club bought him 2 years ago for a fee of $20 000.
- He …………………………………………………………..
2. I’ll meet her at the airport.
- She …………………………………………………………
3. Japan makes a lot of cars.
- Cars…………………………………………………………
4. They don't keep cows over there.
- Cows ………………………………………………………
5. Does machine do most of the farm work?
- Is …………………………………………………………?
EXERCISE 8: Change the active into the passive.
Somebody cleans the room everyday.
- The room ……………………………………………….
They cancelled all the flights because of fog.
- All the flights ………………………………………………..
People do not use this road very often.
- This road ……………………………
How do people learn languages?
- How …………………………………….
People advised us not to go out alone.
- We ………………………………………………
They are going to build a supermarket next year.
- A supermarket ………………………………………….
She is using the computer at the moment.
- The computer ………………………………………………
They are opening a new ring road round the city.
- A new ring road ………………………………………………..
They have built a big hospital which costs much money.
- A big hospital …………………………………………………..
The girl did not give me the money.
- I ………………………………………………………………..
- The money ………………………………………………….
A man asked me several difficult questions at the interview.
- I ………………………………………………………..
Nobody told me the story.
- I …………………………………………….
- The story ………………………………………….
About 30 million people are watching this program.
- This program …………………………………………………

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III. Rewrite the following sentence using the impersonal passive.
1. They expect more than two million Muslim pilgrims from all over the world head to Mecca this year.
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2. People believe that many more people will die of skin cancer over the next ten years.
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3. People are thinking that drugs are very dangerous.
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4. People have reported that Bitexco Tower is the tallest skyscraper in Vietnam.
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5. They think that the first temple existed during the reign of Le Thanh Tong in the 15th century.
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6. People know that Phong Nha Cave was found in the 16th century by Cham people.
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7. People claim that the site of the Perfume Pagoda was discovered over 2000 years ago.
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8. They said that the government was conducting a project to investigate the harmful effects of air pollution.
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9. They thought that he went to a local restaurant with his girlfriend.
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10. They have suggested that bright children should take their exams early.
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11. People say that she doesn’t tell the truth.
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12. People think that we aren’t busy today.
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13. People believe that this house must be painted.
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14. People say that I am looking for a job.
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15. People think that you can’t answer the question.
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16. People said that he had revealed the truth
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17. People believed that the judge hadn’t taken a bribe.
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18. People said that the door hadn’t been locked.
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19. People considered that I hadn’t known about her engagement.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
20. People thought that George hadn’t heard about our appointment.
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