Question

 I.     Passive voice: The Past simple tense

Example: To Hoai wrote the story. ’ The story was written by To Hoai

1.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night. ’ The rooms.....................................................

2.      They caught the elephant again. ’ The elephant................................................................

3.      She bought the watch at the shop. ’ The watch.................................................................

4.      They built the house in 1950. ’ The house.......................................................................

5.      We did the exercises last week. ’ Exercises.....................................................................

6.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday. ’ The letters......................................

7.      He learned the lesson two week ago. ’ The lesson............................................................

8.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story. ’ Kieu story.......................................................................

9.      She made the cake last night. ’ The cake.........................................................................

10.   Daisy washed the dishes last night. ’ The dishes..............................................................

Answer 1

1.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night. ’ The rooms.......were cleaned last night by the waiters..............................................

2.      They caught the elephant again. ’ The elephant......was caught again..........................................................

3.      She bought the watch at the shop. ’ The watch.......was bought at the shop by her..........................................................

4.      They built the house in 1950. ’ The house.......was built in 1950................................................................

5.      We did the exercises last week. ’ Exercises....were done by us last week.................................................................

6.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday. ’ The letters.....were sent by the pupils the day before yesterday .................................

7.      He learned the lesson two week ago. ’ The lesson....was learnt by him 2 weeks ago........................................................

8.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story. ’ Kieu story.....was written by Nguyen Du..................................................................

9.      She made the cake last night. ’ The cake........was made by her last night.................................................................

10.   Daisy washed the dishes last night. ’ The dishes.....were washed by Daisy last night.........

Answer 2

 I.     Passive voice: The Past simple tense

Example: To Hoai wrote the story. ’ The story was written by To Hoai

1.      The waiters cleaned the rooms last night.

’ The rooms were cleaned by the waiters last night.

2.      They caught the elephant again.

’ The elephant was caught again.

3.      She bought the watch at the shop.

’ The watch was bought at the shop.

4.      They built the house in 1950.

’ The house was built in 1950.

5.      We did the exercises last week.

’ Exercises were done last week.

6.      The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday.

’ The letters were sent by the pupils the day before yesterday.

7.      He learned the lesson two week ago.

’ The lesson was learned two week ago.

8.      Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story.

’ Kieu story was written by Nguyen Du.

9.      She made the cake last night.

’ The cake was made last night.

10.   Daisy washed the dishes last night.

’ The dishes were washed by Daisy last night.