THE PASSIVE VOICE

TURN THESE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE.

1. We have reserved a table for dinner at the Hilton. 2. They were selling tickets for the concert all morning. 3. Parliament passes laws in England. 4. The white-fly is destroying melon crops in the USA. 5. Everybody in this city knows him well. 6. She didnt tell anyone about the phone call. 7. The school doesnt permit smoking. 8. Christopher Marlowe wrote those lines, not William Shakespeare. 9. You dont have to pay this bill until next week. 10.No one has ever driven this car before. 11.The UN has flown experts into Somalia to organize relief work. 12.An anonymous caller tipped off the police. 13.Acid rain is destroying the forest in Germany. 14.Many tourists visit Bangkoks Grand Palace when they go to Thailand. 15.The ancient Egyptians used papyrus to write on. 16.I will have finished this report by next Wednesday. 17.They didnt use this camera to film the wedding.

TURN THESE SENTENCES FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE.

1. Are all the students registered before the school year starts? 2. The opera Carmen was written by Bizet. 3. Was the car taken to the garage yesterday? 4. Was your doctor notified of your illness? 5. Our car was stolen during the night. 6. When we reached the airport, we found that our flight had been cancelled. 7. The exam results will be published next week. 8. Are the hotel rooms cleaned every day? 9. The starving refugees are being sent food by the UN. 10.A babys bottle must be sterilized to kill germs. 11.The climber will be buried at the foot of Mount Everest. 12.Sugar cane is crushed in order to release the sugary juice. 13.The first television pictures were produced by John Logie Baird in 1926. 14.The video was first developed in the early 1980s.

MODAL PASSIVES (MODAL + BE + PAST PARTICIPLE)

1. They should publish this book.

This book should be published. 2. You ought to inform the police immediately. 3. We must pay our telephone bill before Friday. 4. Scientists cant explain the death of dolphins off our coastline. 5. We must only invite close friends to our party. 6. We have to print this book in Italian too. 7. You may use a pencil in this exam. 8. You mustnt feed the animals in the zoo. 9. They might not finish the building by the end of the year. 10.You must pay the TV licence by next week. 11.You mustnt use mobile phones in hospitals. 12.You should open the window. 13.My brother might fix the tap.

PERFECT MODAL PASSIVES (MODAL + HAVE + BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE)

1. He should have typed the letter. The letter should have been typed. 2. Someone might have prevented the fire. 3. A mouse could have eaten all the cheese. 4. He should have taken the job but he refused it. 5. The bank may have loaned them the money. 6. Someone must have stolen my bag. 7. They cant have repaired the washing machine because it isnt still working. 8. You should have handed in your homework a week ago, so your teacher is angry. 9. They must have cancelled the flight earlier today. Therefore, there is no flight to Paris today. 10.They cant have finished the work because they havent had enough time. 11.Someone must have left the milk out of the fridge overnight. Thats why the milk is sour. 12.The traffic might have delayed the director and he is late for work. 13.It was Susans birthday last week. She ought to have invited her grandmother to her party.

PASSIVES WITH TWO OBJECTS

1. The company offered me a good salary. A good salary was offered to me. I was offered a good salary. 2. The policewoman showed him many photographs of criminals.

3. They have paid her a thousand pounds to do the job. 4. Mr Simpson is teaching us many experiments in the laboratory. 5. The teacher told the students a beautiful story. 6. They didnt lend us any money. 7. Have they given you my present for your birthday? 8. We told her a secret. 9. Would they lend me their car? 10.Someones going to send her some flowers. 11.Theyll ask him lots of questions. 12.The company promised him a bonus for finishing the project. 13.Harvard University will offer him a scholarship. 14.A taxi driver gave me a free ride to town. 15.The insurance company paid me the money for my car.

HAVE/GET SOMETHING DONE

1. Theyre going to cut his hair tomorrow. He is going to have his hair cut. 2. We asked the decorators to paint our house white. 3. Johns car was repaired at the garage yesterday. 4. Our computer is being fixed at the moment. 5. The manager will ask his secretary to prepare his documents. 6. My car is being repaired this afternoon. 7. Their house is being decorated this week. 8. My hair was cut at the hairdressers yesterday. 9. They are going to develop our photographs. 10.A famous artist painted my grandmothers portrait. 11.They installed a new programme on her computer. 12.They will probably publish Richards book next year. 13.The Director asked the nurses to look after the babies. 14.Ill ask an engineer to repair my television.

15.His leg was broken in a car accident. 16.My car has been stolen. 17.His wrist was broken in a football match.

PASSIVE USING REPORTING VERBS

1. They say that these documents belong to the Prime Minister. It is said that these documents belong to the Prime Minister. These documents are said to belong to the Prime Minister. 2. People believe that a witch lived in that house. 3. Historians think that this town was built in the 17 th century. 4. People say that some ghosts inhabit this palace. 5. Experts expect that the government will reduce taxes soon. 6. Doctors know that Mediterranean food is healthy. 7. Experts say that these house dates back to the 12 th century. 8. People say that this sword belonged to King Arthur. 9. They think that the flowers arrived from Holland. 10.Scientists expect that the weather will change soon. 11.Experts believe that adolescents are the most vulnerable to cigarette advertising. 12.People say that hes a hard-working man. 13.People think that his father is going to retire next year. 14.People suppose that Daniel eats spiders. 15.Anthropologists consider that the first human beings came from Africa. 16.The police thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing the wall. 17.They alleged that the man drove through the town at 90 miles an hour.