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    PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

    1. Write in the passive.

    1. Peter bought the house


    2. Mary will bring the wine
    3. My friends are repairing the car
    4. Most students speak English in this class
    5. An elderly couple sheltered her
    6. A policeman helped him
    7. She finished her work by nine o'clock
    8. Nobody can repair this broken chair
    9. They carried him into the hospital
    10.Are they typing the letters?
    11.They have not taken the car into the garage
    12.Someone has spilt some milk on the carpet
    13.Did anyone answer your question?
    14.They showed me the cathedral
    15.They told the children to leave the room

    2. Complete the sentences with a passive construction, using the verbs given in the form
    suggested.

    1. Much of London (destroy) _________ by fire in the seventeenth century. (Past Simple)
    2. The man who (bite)____________________ by a snake was given a serum. (Past Perfect)
    3. A leader should be a man who can (respect)____________________. (Infinitive)
    4. Many slums (demolish) ___________ to make way for new buildings. (Present Continuous.)
    5. The police (instruct) ___________ to take firm action against hooligans. (Present Perfect)
    6. He (save)______________ from bankruptcy by the kindness of a friend. (Past Simple)
    7. A cease-fire (expect) ____________________ (declare) ____________________ later this
    week. (Present Simple, Infinitive)
    8. A great deal of research (do)__ ____ into possible causes of cancer (Present Perfect)

    3. Make questions to which the underlined words are the answers:

    1. Peter was accused of murder


    2. No, it hasn't been answered
    3. He was arrested because he hit a man.
    4. Few of the girls have been invited.
    5. George has been taken to hospital.
    6. It will be done next month.
    7. The first experiment was made in 1950.
    8. It has been tried three times.

    4. Rewrite the sentences in the passive, making the words in italics the subject of the
    sentence or clause in which they appear.
    1. They gave the oldest councilor the freedom of the city.

    2. They denied access to the secret documents to all but a few.

    3. Someone showed the child how to use the telephone.

    4. They declared him persona non grata and allowed him only forty-eight hours to leave
    the country.

    5. They gave him artificial respiration.

    5. Rewrite these sentences in an alternative passive form, beginning your sentences with
    the words in italics. (infinitive form)

    a) It is said that he is an honest, hard-working man.

    b) It is considered that this surgeon is a brilliant practitioner.

    c) It is now thought that some redundancy in the Midlands is inevitable.

    d) It was proved that the statements he had made were false.

    e) It was understood that Mr Smith was willing to meet the British Prime
    Minister.

    f) It is believed that the Chancellor is thinking of imposing special taxes to raise extra
    revenue.

    g) It is expected that the electricity supply industry will be running into surplus capacity by next
    year.

    6. Rewrite these sentences using have or get.

    1. The mechanic changed the oil in my car.

    2. The hairdresser cut my hair in a completely different style.

    3. A decorator has repainted our house.

    4. A friend of mine, who´s an electrician, is going to repair my DVD player next week.

    5. My jacket is being cleaned at a specialist cleaner´s.

    6. The town hall has just been rebuilt for the council.

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