Passive voice
1.the teacher corrects our exercies at home
2. they are building several new schools in our town
3 .We have made great progress in industry, science and medicine
4 .no one has opened that box for the past hundred years
5. We haven't moved anything since thay sent you away to cure you
6.nobody has made mistakes
7. Nobody has answered my question properly
8 . somebody has brought thí child up baldy
9. Nobody has spoken to me like that before
Change into passive voice.
6. Nobody has made mistakes.
7. Nobody has answered my question properly.
8. Somebody has brought this child up badly.
9. The teacher promised Jane a prize if she worked well.
10. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before.
Rewrite the following sentences into the passive voice
1. People often take him for his brother.
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2. Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
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3. He recommends fitting new tires.
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4. He suggested allowing tenants to buy their houses.
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5. It is your duty to make tea at eleven o'clock.
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6. People know that he is armed.
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7. Someone has seen him pick up the gun.
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8. We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.
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9. They think that your father was a spy in the World War II.
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10. We believe that he has special knowledge which may be useful to the police.
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11. You needn't have done this.
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12. He likes people to call him "Sir".
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13. Don't touch this switch..
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14. You have to see it to believe it.
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15. He doesn't like people laughing at him.
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16. You don't need to wind this watch.
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17. They shouldn't have told him.
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18. Don't speak until someone speaks to you.
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19. It is impossible to do this.
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20. He hates people making fun of him.
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21. Everyone thought that the Government had ignored their opinions.
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22. They gave him artificial respiration.
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23. Before they invented printing people had to write everything by hand.
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Rewrite the sentences, using but not altering the bold word in brackets, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. People say he is a good doctor. (It)
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2. Nobody told me about it. (not)
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3. I don't like pupils asking stupid questions. (being)
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4. She doesn't like the others laughing at her. (laughed)
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5. The boss had his secretary type all these letters. (typed)
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6. They employed the workers to repair their house. (had)
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7. They say that elephants never forget. (forget)
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8.I don't want the others think of me as a burden. (thought)
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9. People thought that he killed his wife. (been)
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10. People believe that 13 is unlucky number. (be)
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11. People expect that the strike will begin tomorrow. (begin)
12. I remember that someone gave me that shirt on my birthday. (remember)
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13. He recommended using secondhand clothes. (should)
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14. John made me leave soon. (I)
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15. It is your duty to do your homework before class-time. (You)
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Both sentences in each pair have the same meaning. Complete the second sentences:
1. The crowd was slowly filling the huge stadium.
=>The huge stadium___________________________by the crowd.
2. The invention of the computer simplified the work of accountants.
=>Since the computer________________the work of accountants______________ simplified
3. “I'd take out some travel insurance if I were you, Mr. Smith.
=>Mr. Smith_______________________take out some travel insurance.
4. Someone used a knife to open this window.
=>This window ________________________________a knife.
5. You will hear from us when we have finished dealing with your complaint.
=>After your complaint________________________you will hear from us.
6. An announcement of their engagement appeared in the local paper.
=>Their engagement ______________________ in the local paper.
7. Nobody ever heard anything of David again.
=>Nothing ____________________David again
8. They paid Sheila $1000 as a special bonus.
=>$ 1000__________________________Sheila as a special bonus.
B. PASSIVE VOICE:
I. Change the following sentences into the passive voice
1. They don't pay Jim very much
2. They didn't ask me the name
3. Nobody told me that George was ill
4. They are building a new ring-road round the city
5. Someone will serve refreshments
6. Why didn't they mend the roof before it fell in?
7. Students are doing a lot of the work
8. Has Tom finished the work?
9. A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village
10. The police have arrested three men.
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7. It's your duty to do this work.
8. He doesn’t like people laughing at him.
9. Nobody has slept in this room for long time.
10. You ordered me about and I was tired of it.
Change into passive voice.
11. I hate people looking at me.
12. Teachers should make lessons more interesting for school children.
13. I’d like someone to read to me.
14. We shall lock the house up for summer and the old gardener will look after it.
15. People say tortoises live longer than elephants.
I.exercise: turn these sentenses into passive voice
1.People spend a lot of money on advertisement every day
2.People speak EL in almost every corner of the world
3.After class, one of the students always erases the chalk board
4.He believes her story
5.They use milk for making butter and cheese
6They are repairing this old bus station at the moment
7.Airplanes are carrying food and medicine to the flood region
8.Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment
9.They are not building the ring road round city
10.Son is not doing his homework now
11.The government have provided the victims with food ang clothing
12.I know that they told her of the meeting
13.Nobody has ever treated me with such kindness
14.Science and Technology have completely change human life
15.The boy broke the window
16.The man looked the woman with a red hat
17.Luckily for me, they didn't call my name
18.The teacher told the new pupil where to sit
19.A man I know told me about the place
Exercise 3: Use the passive and an infinitive to rewrite the sentences below:
Ex: 0. They asked me to repair the table.
➔ I was told to repair the table.
1. They told him to stay home for three days.
➔He ………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
2. They asked Mr. Robinson to do the shopping.
➔………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
3. She told him not to talk in the class.
➔He ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
4. Mr. Thompson allowed us to use his computer.
➔We ………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
5. He taught me to do the magic when I was a boy.
➔I ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
6. They advised us to take a bus downtown (khuyên)
➔We ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
7. The organization asked him to take an English test.
➔He …………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
8. They say that she is the best student in the class.
➔………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
9. They told us to go home and wait.
➔We ………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
10. The teacher told us to work harder on English pronunciation.
➔We …………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
Change the following sentences into the passive voice:
1. They don't speak English in this shop
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2. Kevin asked Dennis a question .
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3. Nobody told John a bout the changes of the plan.
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4. She gives him a box.
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5. Max will look after him.
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6. The waiter is going to bring Fred a big steak.
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7. Somebody broke in to our bungalow last Friday.
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8. They teacher told us a joke.
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9. They will meet Doris at the station.
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10. Michael has not sent me a text message
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