The mail is delivered every day by Tom
The mail is delivered by Tom every day
Exercise 1: Change these sentences into the passive voice of present simple tense. 1. Tom delivers the mail every day.......................................................................................... 2. Mr. John manages the export division………………………………………..................... 3. The teacher corrects our exercises…………………………………................................... 4. Somebody calls the president every day …………………………………......................... 5. Where do people speak English ? …………………………………................................... 6. Weeds cover the riverbank................................................................................................... 7. They use milk for making butter and cheese........................................................................ 8. He speaks English fluently................................................................................................... 9. Someone buys this house..................................................................................................... 10. No one believes his story.....................................................................................................
I. Change these sentences into the passive
1. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb
2. She make coffee for her parents every day
3. People should send thier complaints to the main office
Change these sentences into passive voice
1. He didn’t break the window.
2. We shouldn’t eat a lot of ice-cream every day.
3. Our teachers have explained the English grammar.
4. Tom isn’t visiting his parents next month.
5. Some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city.
EXERCISE 1 : Change the following sentences into passive voice
She makes coffee for her parents every day.
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People grow rice in India.
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They speak French in Quebec.
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Nam breaks the glasses.
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They waste their money.
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Na cleans the room every afternoon.
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Miss Linh teaches us grammar and writing.
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Does your child eat that cake?
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Someone puts the chair behind the door.
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He finishes his exercises on time.
IV. Change the following sentences into PASSIVE. 1. We use computers to study every day. _____________________________________________________________ 2. Teachers gave us a lot of homework _____________________________________________________________ 3. Have students studied this English grammar yet? _____________________________________________________________ 4. Tom will not visit The Temple of Literature tomorrow. _____________________________________________________________ 5. Did you sell three cars last week? ______________________________________________________________
Change these sentences into passive form
They began to build the house last year
III. Change the sentences from active into the passive voice.
7. People eat millions of bars of chocolate every day.
8. Heavy traffic causes a lot of pollution.
9. They are painting the living-room at the moment.
10. Is she writing a letter of application now?
11. They threw away the rubbish.
12. When we visited the town last year, they were building a new entertainment center.
Exercise 10: Change these sentences into the passive voice. 1. Mary types letters in the office. ......................................................................................................................................... 2. His father will help you tomorrow. ......................................................................................................................................... 3. Science and technology have completely changed human life. ......................................................................................................................................... 4. Peter broke the window yesterday. ......................................................................................................................................... 5. They are learning English in the room. ..................................................................................................
Change these active sentences into passive sentences.
1. The storm destroyed the city last night
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2. Minh invited Ann to his birthday party.
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3. She made a mistake in the examination.
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4. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.
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5. Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse.
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6. Some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city.
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7. The manager didn’t phone the secretary this morning.
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8. Did Mary buy this beautiful dress?
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9. The German didn’t build this factory during the Second World War.
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10. The police stopped the car.
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