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UNIT 2: PASSIVE VOICE
A. Change into passive voice.
1. The teacher corrects our exercises at home.
2. Ali’s absence worried his mother.
3. They are building several new schools in our town.
4. We have made great progress in industry, science and medicine.
5. Sam killed a lion last week.
6. You must hand in your report before the end of this month.
7. I had just finished the job when the factory closed.
8. No one has opened that box for the past hundred years.
9. Are you going to mail these letters soon?
10. He should have finished the report yesterday.
11. Scientists began to carry out researches on SIDA two years ago.
12. They say that he is the richest man in our town.
13. I can assure you I will arrange everything in time.
14. We are to pity rather than despise these homeless boys.
15. We haven’t moved anything since they sent you away to cure you.
B. Change into passive voice.
1. She fell into water because somebody pushed her.
2. What ought we to do about this?
3. It is time they brought the cows in.
4. What questions did the examiner set?
5. Somebody must do something for these poor men.
6. Nobody has made mistakes.
7. Nobody has answered my question properly.
8. Somebody has brought this child up badly.
9. The teacher promised Jane a prize if she worked well.
10. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before.
11. I hate people looking at me.
12. Teachers should make lessons more interesting for school children.
13. I’d like someone to read to me.
14. We shall lock the house up for summer and the old gardener will look after it.
15. People say tortoises live longer than elephants.
16. One cannot eat an orange if nobody has peeled it.
17. Don’t let the others see you.
18. Did anybody ever teach you how to behave?
19. It surprised me to hear someone had robbed you.
20. People ought to tell us how much they expect of us.
C. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence.
1. "What a beautiful shirt you're wearing!"
"Thank you. It ............... especially for me by my mother."
A. is made B. has made C. made D. was made
2. I don't understand why the students didn't keep silent while the speech ............
A. has been made B. was made C. would be made D. was being made
3. This is the first time I have seen this car. Where ..................?
A. did it make B. did it made C. was it make D. was it made
4. Today, many serious childhood diseases .................... by early immunization.
A. are preventing B. can prevent C. prevent D. can be prevented
5. Whole-grain food products …………….. in most large supermarkets across the United States and Canada.
A. now can purchase B. can now be purchased
C. now to purchase D. the purchase of which
6. All that rubbish will have to be ............. at once.
A. get rid of B. got rid of C. gotten rid of D. getting rid of
7. "What happened to the postman?" "He ...................... to a new town to work."
A. has sent B. was send C. was sent D. sent
8. Excuse me. Is this seat..................?
A. taking B. took C. occupy D. taken
9. There’s somebody walking behind us. I think ................... .
A. we are following B. we are being followed C. we are followed D. we are being following
10. We’re late. The film .................. by the time we get to the cinema.
A. will already start B. will be already started C. will already have been started D. will be starting
11. I still cannot believe it. My bicycle .................. some minutes ago.
A. was stolen B. was stealing C. stolen D. stole
12. Some funny .................. in class yesterday.
A. happened B. was happened C. happens D. is happened
13. The children’s arm was swollen because he .................. by a bee.
A. stung B. had stung C. had been stung D. had being stung
14. I .................. with you on that subject.
A. am agree B. am agreed C. agreeing D. agree
15. Many U.S automobiles .................. in Detroit, Michigan.
A. manufacture B. have manufactured C. are manufactured D. are manufacturing
16. When I came, an experiment .................. in the lab.
A. was being holding B. has been held C. was being held D. has held
17. George is .................. Lisa.
A. marry with B. marry to C. married with D. married to
18. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ............. everything in its path.