Passive Voice

EXERCISE 1: change these sentences into passive

1.My father waters this flower every morning.

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2.John invited Fiona to his birthday party last night.

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3.Her mother is preparing the dinner in the kitchen.

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4.We should clean our teeth twice a day.

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5.Our teachers have explained the English grammar.

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6.Some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city.

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7.Tom will visit his parents next month.

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8.The manager didn’t phone the secretary this morning.

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9.Did Mary buy this beautiful dress ?

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10.I won’t hang these old pictures in the living room.

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11.The German didn’t build this factory during the Second World War.

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12.The Greens are going to paint this house and these cars for Christmas Day.

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13.Ann had fed the cats before she went to the cinema.

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14.The students have discussed the pollution problems since last week.

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15.Have the thieves stolen the most valuable painting in the national museum?

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16.Some people will interview the new president on TV.

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17.How many languages do they speak in Canada?

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18.Are you going to repair those shoes?

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19.He has broken his nose in a football match.

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20.Have you finished the above sentences

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Basic Passive structures

EXERCISE 2: change these sentences into passive

1.The waiter brings me this dish.

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2.Our friends send these postcards to us.

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3.Their grandmother told them this story when they visited her last week.

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4.Tim ordered this train ticket for his mother.

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5.You didn’t show me the special camaras.

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6.She showed her ticket to the airline agent.

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7.He lends his friend his new shoes.

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8.She left her relatives five million pounds.

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9.The shop assistant handed these boxes to the customer.

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10.The board awarded the first prize to the reporter.

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11.Have you sent the christmas cards to your family?

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12.The committee appointed Alice secretary for the meeting.

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13.He hides the broken cup in the drawer.

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14.They keep this room tidy all the time.

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15.They all voted the party a great success.

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16.We gave Ann some bananas and some flowers.

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17.They moved the fridge into the living room.

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18.She bought some cups of tea to the visitors in the next room.

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19.They find the new project worthless.

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20.The secretary didn’t take the note to the manager.

Reported passive senteces

EXERCISE 3 :change these sentences into passive

1.They told me that you were the best architect in this city.

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2.She reported that the flowers were killed by frost.

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3.Some people inform me that the director is going to take a business trip to England.

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4.That officer announced that the meeting was delayed until next week.

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5.He discovered that this cotton was grown in Egypt.

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6.They promise that the performance will start on time.

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7.He recommends that we should stay at the city center.

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8.We believed that Alice would pass the driving test.

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9.The director notifies all the workers that they will have to work extra hard this month.

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10.They have persuaded me that they will go with me to the stadium.

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11.They have decided that the company will go to the beach together at the weekend.

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12.People think that Maradona is the best football player in the 20th century.

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13.They find that the job is not suitable for a girl like her.

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14.The teacher explained that this powerful engine pulled the train.

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15.He told me that his football team had played well last season.

Passive in requirement.

EXERCISE 4:change these sentences into passive

1.I had my nephew paint the gate last week.

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2.She will have Peter wash her car tomorrow.

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3.They have her tell the story again.

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4.John gets his sister to clean his shirt.

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5.Anne had had a friend type her composition.

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6.Rick will have a barber cut his hair.

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7.I will get the dressmaker to make a new dress.

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8.He had a mechanic repair his car.

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9.She often gets the technician to maintain the heater.

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10.They had the police arrest the shoplifter.

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11.Are you going to have the shoemaker repair your shoes?

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12.I must have the dentist check my teeth.

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13.She will have a veterinary surgeon examine her dog.

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14.We had a man take this photograph when we were on holiday last summer.

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15.The Greens had a carpet cleaner clean thier carpet.

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