Rewrite the sentences in the

Passive Voice
1. You must keep dogs on leads in the gardens.

Dogs must be kept on leads in the gardens.

2. She didn’t introduce me to her mother.

I wasn’t introduced to her mother.

3. Nobody has used this room for ages.

This room hasn’t been used for ages.

4. We had to give the books back.

The books had to be given back.

5. They did not allow us to take the books home.

We weren’t allowed to take the books home.

6. We have warned you.

You have been warned.

7. The examiner will read the passage three times.

The passage will be read three times.

8. The students cannot use dictionaries in the exam.

Dictionaries cannot be used in the exam.

9. They say that he is a spy.

It is said that he is a spy.

He is said to be a spy.

10. People say that he was a spy during World War II.

It is said that he was a spy during World War II.

He is said to have been a spy during World War II.

11. They claimed that he was a spy.

It was claimed that he was a spy.

He was claimed to be a spy.

12. They claimed that he had been a spy.

It was claimed that he had been a spy.

He was claimed to have been a spy.

13. He believes that someone is following him.

He believes that he is being followed.

14. He believes that someone has been following him

for the last few weeks.

He believes that he has been followed for the last few

weeks.
15. He believed that someone had been following him.

He believed that he had been followed.

16. We think that he is a brilliant doctor.

He is thought to be a brilliant doctor.

17. We believe that he was a brilliant doctor when he

was young.

He is believed to have been a brilliant doctor when he

was young.

18. We thought that he was a brilliant doctor.

He was thought to be a brilliant doctor.

19. Students believe that the exam will be difficult.

It is believed that the exam will be difficult.

The exam is believed to be difficult.

20. People consider that she is the best singer in Turkey

now.

It is considered that she is the best singer in Turkey now.

She is considered to be the best singer in Turkey now.

21. People consider that she was the best singer in the
70’s.

It is considered that she was the best singer in the 70’s.

She is considered to have been the best singer in the

70’s.
22. People considered that she was the best singer in the
70’s.

It was considered that she was the best singer in the 70’s.

She was considered to be the best singer in the 70’s.

23. People considered that she had been the best singer.

It was considered that she had been the best singer.

She was considered to have been the best singer in the 70’s.

24. People know that she will be the best singer in the future.

It is known that she will be the best singer in the future.

She is known to be the best singer in the future.

The exercises are compiled from;

. B.D. Graver. Advanced English Practice, 14th Ed. Oxford

University Press. 2000.

. Cook, Mary Jane. Trouble Spots of English Grammar: A Text-

Workbook For ESL. Volume I. & Volume II. New York:

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. 1983.

. L.G. Alexander. Longman Advanced Reference and Practice.

3rd Ed. Longman. 1993.

. Thomson, A.J., and A.V. Martinet. 1999. A Practical English

Grammar. 14th Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.