5 Passive Voice
5 Passive Voice
5 Passive Voice
I. Give the passive equivalents of the following sentences. Sometimes two passive variants
are possible:
II. Consider each of the following sentences and decide whether only one or both verbs in
italics are suitable:
1) Take all the time you need, but, please, have/get the job done in the end.
2) I must have/get my shoes repaired today.
3) Everybody knew that her husband had been/had got killed in the war.
4) We had/got our car stolen, so we must go to the police.
5) On Saturday, Jane had/got her hair done as usual.
6) A lot of students were/got left behind when the school bus drove off.
7) It was really difficult, but I finally had/got the computer repaired.
8) He had/got his arm broken while playing football.
III. Whenever possible, turn the following sentences into the passive voice, paying attention
to the verb and preposition/particle combination:
V. Rewrite the following sentences by using the verbs in italics in the passive voice:
1) The fact that people met John’s speech with so much enthusiasm means that nobody could
have presented the issue better to the public.
2) My parents advised me not to let others criticize me.
3) The committee raised a strong objection to the Browns’ adopting little Mary.
4) People don’t appreciate hypocrisy any more than they do violence.
5) Shouldn’t we inform him about this problem privately, without anyone hearing it?
6) On their telling her that the police were following her, the woman realized that someone had
revealed her secret.
7) People say that they drew up the agreement in the presence of two witnesses.
8) When the librarian finally discovered the missing dictionary, she found that someone had torn
up most of its pages and had made notes on its covers.
1) Suprafaţele de acest fel pot fi curăţate uşor dacă folosiţi soluţiile noastre.
2) Se aşteaptă o nouă creştere a preţului benzinei.
3) Se tipăresc din ce în ce mai multe cărţi de proastă calitate.
4) Portocalele se curăţă mai greu dacă nu ai cuţit.
5) Mi s-a pus o întrebare foarte grea ieri.
6) Se pare că umbrelele se vând cel mai bine iarna.
7) Cărţile poliţiste se citesc, de obicei, destul de uşor.
8) Se consideră că acest pianist este foarte talentat.