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PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES
I. Change the following sentences into the passive voice.
1. They grow rice in tropical countries → _______________________________________________________
2. Mr. Green loves his children very much. → _______________________________________________________
3. People don’t speak French here. → _______________________________________________________
4. Someone broke his windows last night. → _______________________________________________________
5. The police didn’t find the lost boy yesterday. → _______________________________________________________
6. About thirty million people are watching this live show now.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
7. They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
8. Jack has typed the article recently. → _______________________________________________________
9. The police haven’t found the murderer yet. → _______________________________________________________
10. They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time.
→ ______________________________________________________________________
11. They had wrapped the package carefully before they posted it.
→ ______________________________________________________________________
12. Children should treat old men with respect. → _______________________________________________________
13. The computer can do all the accounts. → _______________________________________________________
14. They are going to build a new school. → _______________________________________________________
15. He isn’t going to buy that house. → _______________________________________________________
16. They will pull down that building → _______________________________________________________
17. The teacher won’t correct the exercises tomorrow.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
18. You have to keep dangerous chemicals in the safe place.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
19. Police had to break the meeting up. → _______________________________________________________
20. She used to pull my hat over my eyes.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
21. They may use that room for the classroom.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
22. You must wash your hands. → _______________________________________________________
23. They ought to knock down the old building.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
24. You needn’t type that report today. → _______________________________________________________
25. Nobody has used this room for ages. → _______________________________________________________
26. No one can solve that problem. → _______________________________________________________
27. No one told us the news. → _______________________________________________________
28. Paul didn’t tell me the ending of the story.
→ ________________________________________________________________________
29. The teacher will give her a prize if she works well.
→ ________________________________________________________________________
30. Her mother bought her a doll last week. → _______________________________________________________
31. The police found the robber in the forest yesterday.
32. They made him work all day. → _______________________________________________________
33. People don’t make the children work hard.
→ ________________________________________________________________________
34. They let him meet her family last month. → _______________________________________________________
35. He won’t let you do that silly thing again. → _______________________________________________________
36. People saw him steal your car. → _______________________________________________________
37. I have heard her sing this song several times.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
38. The teacher is watching them work. → _______________________________________________________
39. Alice had a mechanic repair her car.
→ ________________________________________________________________________
40. Ellen got Marvin to type her paper. → _______________________________________________________
41. The hairdresser is cutting Mary’s hair now.
→ Mary is having her hair ____________________________________
→ Mary is having the hairdresser ___________________________
42. People know that English is an international language.
→ It is known ___________________________________________________
→ English is known ____________________________________________________
43. They said that she won the competition.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
→ _______________________________________________________________________
44. They reported that the President had suffered a heard attack.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
→ __________________________________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- These T-shirts and jeans ……………… in the US. in 1900.
A. have made B. made C. were made D. make
- The building is very dangerous. It …………… down next week.
A. knocked B. will knock C. will be knocked D. was knocked
- The room looks nice. It ……………….
A. was cleaning B. has just been cleaned C. will be cleaned D. is cleaning
- We ……………… each other for 10 years.
A. know B. knew C. have known D. had known