passive voice exercises (2)
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Change the voices of the verbs in the following sentences |
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Who did the job? |
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Who did the job? |
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Will she sing a song? |
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Is he speaking English? |
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Are you eating a banana? |
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Why are you washing the car? |
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When will he give the money? |
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Where will he meet you? |
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How do you make a cake? |
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Whom did you tell the story? |
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Will he not be persuaded to work harder by a sense of duty ? |
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Change the voices of the verbs in the following sentences |
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I was quite shocked by the language that he used. |
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We were both filled with horror by the sight of that event. |
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I was much hurt by his voice and manner. |
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Should I be found at home by him he would not be received by me. |
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They were welcomed back by the city on their return. |
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He was punished by the master for speaking in class. |
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Many objections were raised by us to the plan that was proposed by him. |
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I was called upon by the meeting to give my reasons. |
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He was known by me by his voice, when I was spoken to by him in the dark. |
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His return was not expected by us. |
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He was struck by lightning. |
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Change the following into the Passive Voice: |
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He is catching fish. |
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She was cooking vegetables. |
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They are drinking water. |
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We have seen the accident. |
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They buy fish every day. |
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She gave us the news. |
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He wrote me a letter. |
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She made us some tea. |
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Do you know the answer? |
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Can you speak Japanese? |
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Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form: |
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caused hold invite overtake translate damage include make show write |
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Many accidents ______ by dangerous driving. |
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Cheese ______ from milk. |
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The roof of the building ______ in a storm a few days ago. |
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There's no need to leave a tip. Service ______ in the bill. |
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You ______ to the wedding. Why didn't you go ? |
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A cinema is a place where films ______. |
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In the United States, elections for President ______ every four years. |
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Originally the book ______ in Spanish and a few years ago it ______ into English. |
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We were driving along quite fast but we ______ by lots of other cars. |
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Put the verb into the correct form, Present Simple or Past Simple, Active or Passive: |
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It's a big factory. Five hundred people ______ (employ) there. |
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Water ______ (cover) most of the Earth's surface. |
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Most of the Earth's surface ______ (cover) by water. |
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The park gates ______ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening. |
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The letter ______ (post) a week ago and it ______ (arrive) yesterday. |
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The boat ______ (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ______ (rescue). |
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Ron's parents ______ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister ______ (bring) up by their grandparents. |
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I was born in London but I ______ (grow) up in the north of England. |
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While I was on holiday, my camera ______ (steal) from my hotel room. |
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While I was on holiday, my camera ______ (disappear) from my hotel room. |
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Why ______ (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it? |
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Why ______ (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong? |
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The company is not independent. It ______ (own) by a much larger company. |
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I saw an accident last night. Somebody ______ (call) an ambulance but nobody ______ (injure) so the ambulance ______ (not/need). |
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Where ______ (these photographs/take)? In London? ______ (you/take) them? |