PASSIVE VOICE-self-study Exercises: 1. Put These Sentences Into The Passive. 1 People Don't Use This Road Very Often
PASSIVE VOICE-self-study Exercises: 1. Put These Sentences Into The Passive. 1 People Don't Use This Road Very Often
PASSIVE VOICE-self-study Exercises: 1. Put These Sentences Into The Passive. 1 People Don't Use This Road Very Often
2. Change these sentences from active to passive. Use a personal subject wherever
possible.
1 We clean the garages every day.
We had/ have cleaned ( or: have been cleaned/ should have been cleaned/ will be
cleaned/ were being cleaned/ are going to be cleaned ) the garages every day.
2 Someone has given him a lot of money.
Someone has been given (or: should have been given/ was being given/ is being
given/ will be given/ is going to be given) him a lot of money.
3 The police arrested two hundred people.
The police has been arrested (or: should have been arrested/ was being arrested/ is
being arrested/ will be arrested/ is going to be arrested) two hundred people.
4 Paul wrote the words and John made the music.
Paul has been wrote (or: should have been wrote/ was being wrote/ is being wrote/
will be wrote/ is going to be wrote) the words and John has been made (should have been
made/ was being made/ is going to be made) the music
5 We check every car engine thoroughly.
We had/have been checked (or: should have been checked/ were being checked/
are being checked/ will be checked/ are going to be checked) every car engine thoroughly.
6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.
We had/ have exported (or: should have been exported/ were being exported/ are
being exported/ will be exported/ are going to be exported) this computer to seventy
different countries).
7 We opened the factory at nine o'clock.
We have been opened (or: should have been opened/were being opened/ is going
to be opened) the factory at nine o’clock.
8 They send two million books to America every year.
They have been send (or: should have been send/ are being send/ are going to be
send/ will be send) two million books to America every year)
9 Did he give you enough sugar?
Did he has been give (or: should have been give/ is being give/ will be give) you
enough sugar?
10 No-one has ever taught the pupils to do that exercise.
No one has ever been taught (or: should have ever been taught/ is ever being
taught/ will ever be taught/ is ever going to be taught ) the pupils to do that exercise.
11 John Hughes built the biggest sand castle in the world.
John Hughes has been built (or: should have been built/ is being built/ is going to be
built/ will be built) the biggest sand castle in the world.
12 They showed me the palace where the king lived.
They have been showed (or: should have been showed/ is going to be showed/ will
be showed/ were being showed) me the palace where the king lived.
13 Has anyone ever asked you to tell the story?
Has anyone ever been asked (or: should have ever been asked/ is ever going to be
asked/ will ever be asked/ was being asked) you to tell the story?
14 They watered the plants and swept the floor in my absence.
They have watered (or: should have been watered/ were being watered/ will be
watered/ are going to be watered) the plants and have swept (is going to be swept/ were
being swept/ will be swept) the floor in my absence.
15 The Scots drink more alcohol than the Irish.
The Scots had been drink (or: should have been drink/ are going to be drink/ were
being drink/ will be drink) more alcohol than the Irish.