Change the active into the passive.
4. They grow rice in the north.
=> Rice is grown in the north.
5. We don't raise cows on our farm.
=> Cows aren't raised on our farm.
1. People used oil-lamps years ago
=> Oil - lamps were used years ago
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EX1: Change the active in the the passive.
1. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
2. I didn't write that letter.
3. Hundreds of people visit the White House everyday.
4. Everyone doesn't know this fact very well.
5. Do you wash the dishes everyday ?
EX2: Change the active into the passive.
1. Shakespeare wrote that play.
2. Does Jackson give that lecture.
3. They will send you the money at the end of the month.
4. People speak Spanish in many coutries.
5. The children often read stories in the evening.
EX3: Change the active into the passive.
1. Alice didn't make that cake.
2. They buy newspapers everywhere in the city.
3. That company will publish a textbook next year.
4. She delivers milk at about six o'clock.
5. Somebody cleans the room everyday.
EX4: Change the active into the passive.
1. A man asked me several difficult questions at the interview.
2. They will probably send him back to Britain.
3. Now people find this kind of brid in only a few remote places in Scotland.
4. They grow rice in the north.
5. We don't raise cows on our farm.
EX5: Change the active into the passive.
1. People used oil-lamps years ago.
2. The boys will meet him tomorrow in the restaurant.
3. The old woman feeds fowls twice a day.
4. Does he often clean the windows ?
5. She doesn't grow any trees in her garden.
EX6: Change the active into the passive.
1. The company will give him some money when he retires.
2. They took it back to the zoo.
3. Someone picks the fruits everyday.
4. Does the girl do the housework ?
5. They don't drive out the cattle to the field in the winter.
EX7: Change the active into the passive.
1. The club bought him 2 years ago for a fee of $20 000.
2. I'll meet her at the airport.
3. Japan makes a lot of cars.
4. They don't keep cows over there.
5. Does machine do most of the farm work ?
*Consolidation:
Change the following sentences into the passive.
1. People grow rice in many countries in the world.
Rice ______________________________________
2. Lan practices English every day.
English ____________________________________
3. They will solve the problem soon.
The problem __________________________________
Change the following sentences into passive
1.They deliver the post twice a day
2.They are interviewing the president on the tv at the moment
3.They were repairing the traffic lights yesterday
4.Where will your company send you next year?
5.They have discovered oil at North Pole
II. Change these sentences into the passive voice
1. The monkey ate an apple
2. Parents look after their children
3. I saw a strange man in the garden last night
4. Do you like candies?
5. He will solve the problem soon
6. We are doing our homework
7. Were you cooking dinner at 8 o'clock yesterday?
8. Should they help Jane with the sewing?
9. WE must do something before it is too late
10. Thet used to drink beer for breakfast in England years ago
I. Change the following sentences from active voice into passive voice.
1.They had to cancel the flight because of the bad weather.
2.We must finish the project on time.
3. People can find a cure for cancer in the near future.
4.Someone might steal your bike if you leave it outside.
5. They ought to knock down the old building.
6. They held the 22 nd SEA Games in Viet Nam in 2003.
7. The teacher will explain the lesson until all the students understand it.
8. He has done his homework for hours but he hasn’t finished it yet.
9. My parents never make me work hard.
10. The brick – layers have been building a house in the village.
11. One of my neighbors has stolen my bicycle.
12. I have a hairdresser do my hair every day.
13. How often do you take the dog oout for a walk? – Every five hours.
14. My brother will give me a cat for my fifteenth birthday.
15. People rumoured that the King was afraid of his wife.
16. I am going to read her latest book.
17.They should tidy this room twice a week
18. Amazing news! Scientists have dicovered a new planet.
19. She made ten phone calls yesterday.
20.My daughter has to finish all her homework before school.
21. My sister gave me a new pair of jeans on my fifteenth birthday.
22. The workers are building a supermarket on our street.
23. The zoo keepers feed the animals twice a day.
24.They have sold their car to pay their debt.
25. We are going to grow flowers in the front garden.
26. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 pm
27. My grandmother is knitting a new sweater for me.
28. Did people make jeans two hundred years ago.
29.We don’t use this kind of cloth to make shirts.
30. Vietnamese women continue to wear the unique and fashionable ao dai.
31. The mechanic is repairing Judy’s car.
32. We must do something before it is too late.
33. They make these artificial flowers of sink.
34. Did they feed Lulu last night?
35. They used to drink beer for breakfast in England yeaers ago.
36. They were cleaning the floor when I arrived.
II. Change the following sentences from the passive voice into active voice.
1. The robber were arrested by the police yesterday. ->
2. The match has been cancelled due to the bad weather. ->
3. The flowers need watering. ->
4. The documents will be sent as soon as possible. ->
5. We are often shouted at at work by our boss. ->
6. Two department stores have been built in the neighborhood this year.
7. I was made to wash the clothes by my mother.
8. She has her clothes made by a famous tailor.
9. It was believed that the earth was square.
10. He was rumoured to be mysterious.
11. I was given a new pair of jeans on my fifteenth birthday by my sister.
12. A supermarket on our street is being built on our street by the workers.
13. The animals are fed twice a day by the zoo keepers.
14.Their car has been sold to pay their debt by them.
15. Flowers are going to be grown in the front garden by us.
16. This machine mustn’t be used after 5.30 pm by you.
17. Is knitting a new sweater is being knitted for me by my grandmother.
18. Were jeans made two hundred years ago?
19.This kind of cloth isn’t used to make shirts by us.
20. The unique and fashionable ao dai continue to be worn by Vietnamese women.
22. The information is kept on our computer. (We)
23. As I was walking home, I thought I was being followed. (someone)
Fill one word in the blank.
Hi, I (1) ............ David. I live with my family in (2) ........... countryside. My parents are farmers and they have (3) ............ small farm. They grow flowers and (4) ............... cows. Every day they work hard on the farm (5) ............... morning till night. Every year, they produce a (6) ................. of flowers and milk. I go to school in the morning and help (7) ............... parents in the afternoon. I cook dinner and (8) ............. the housework. Sometimes I (9) .............. flowers or feed the cows. I like the life there very (10) ...............
Do as directed in parentheses. (0) is an example for you.
0) I (go) to Dalat 2 years ago. (Supply the correct verb form)
- I went to Dalat 2 years ago.
1) The weather was fine. We could go camping. (Combine into one sentence using “enough . . . . . . . . to”)
- _____________________________________________________
2) Everyone stopped (laugh) when we (come). (Supply the correct verb form)
- _____________________________________________________
3) He gave him back the money last Sunday. (Change into the passive voice)
- _____________________________________________________
4) Putting the knives __________ an electrical socket is dangerous. (Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition)
5) Jeans can’t be worn at work. (Change into active voice)
- _____________________________________________________
6) The boy said to the girl “Did you go out last night?”. (Change into reported speech)
- _____________________________________________________
change these sentences into passive voice.
1. people grow rice in these fields.
2. they send the goods to Vung Tau bu coach.
3. you mustn't use the machane for over 12 hours a day.
4. nam can repair his bicycle.
5. mary helps her grandmother every weekend.
6. mai irons her clothes every morning.
7. linda types the reports in this office.
Hoàn thành các câu sau, sử dụng "Used to":
1. I/ used/ help/ her/ her homework/ school.
2. We/ not/ used/ work/ together/ the farm/ when/ we/ the countryside
3. you/ used/ go home/ late/ night?
4. They/ used/ play soccer/ street/ 5 years ago?
5. He/ used/ practice/ speak/ English/ his brother
6. She/ used/ wash/ iron/ clothes/ when/ her mother/ out/ last year?
7. Mr Lam/ used/ plough/ field/ his buffalo/ 2005/ to/ 2009
8. your from teacher/ used/ ride/ bike/ school/ two/ years/ ago?
9. cat/ used/ lie/ under/ bed/ last year
10. those children/ used/ absent/ class/ when/ they/ secondary school?
