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
A. Change into passive voice.
1. The teacher corrects our exercises at home.
2. Ali’s absence worried his mother.
3. They are building several new schools in our town.
4. We have made great progress in industry, science and medicine.
5. Sam killed a lion last week.
6. You must hand in your report before the end of this month.
7. I had just finished the job when the factory closed.
8. No one has opened that box for the past hundred years.
9. Are you going to mail these letters soon?
10. He should have finished the report yesterday.
11. Scientists began to carry out researches on SIDA two years ago.
12. They say that he is the richest man in our town.
13. I can assure you I will arrange everything in time.
14. We are to pity rather than despise these homeless boys.
15. We haven’t moved anything since they sent you away to cure you.
santa claus gives children presents on Christmas Eve ->
Hoa sent a Christmas card to Lan last Christmas
3.Santa Claus gives children presents on Christmas Eve
4.Mary’sparentssenther some money.
5.Each competitor must take a bottle on the river bank
6.Did theybuildthis monument ten years ago?
.7.They delayedthe football match
8.People put many kinds of newspapers on the table
9.Tom must write this essay.
10.My father has just boughta lot of new books
1.People will publish this novel in February
2.They are building a new hotel3.Betty has just sent Mai many postcards
4.Hoa sent her mother a gift
5.They will build many new schools in the future
6.Student smust write the answer in ink
7.He wrote all the songs on this new album
8.They held rice-cooking festival in Thon Trieu last year
9.We must solve this problem soon
10.Nguyen Du wroteTruyen Kieu
1.We must do something for these poor men
2.They have to separate the rice from the husk
3 .He shouldn’t do that silly thing
4.The boy operates that tape-recorder
5.They gave us a post card
6.The student cleaned the room every day
7.I had lost some of my books
8.We believe these boys to become better
9.The scientists found the problem
10.The cat pulls the pan into the sink
1.He gives her a novel about a love story
2.They were painting a house
3.She is watering those flowers
4.We had finished our reports in three months
5.He ought to sell that car
6.We have seen her at the station
7.The librarian will give students the books.
8.He showed me the way to Thames River
9.He was learning in his room at 8.30 yesterday
10.You can buy me an envelope
1.We have just bought a car
2.We have just met Jim
3.They visited the church two years ago
4.Mrs. Green is cooking the food in the kitchen.
5.The doctor examined the patients
6.These boys made that noise
7.I can’t do these exercises quickly
8.She had finished the report by noon
9.The movie has disappointed us very much
10.They have to pay the bill before the first of the month
1.They will ask you several questions.
2.My parents promised me a bicycle two days ago
3.Somebody has locked the box and I can’t open it
.4.Somebody calls the president every morning
5.Airplanes are carrying food to the flood region now.
.6.Nam can repair this sewing machine.
7.People advised us not to go out alone
8.The police ought to put the robbers in prison.
9.They had checked her handbag.
10.Susan’s father has promised her a new watch.
1.You will answer all the questions on the paper
2.The earthquake has destroyed many buildings
.3.He has just killed a tiger
4.Lan’s mother is making her a dress
.5.We saw Mrs. Quyen leave her house at 9 o’clock
.6.Mr. Lam must finish this work before June.
.7.My parents are going to buy a new TV tomorrow
.8.We haven’t seen Peter yet.
9.Nam and Ba are painting the fence.
10.Hoa reads a story book after dinner.
1.They were building a new school here when we came.
2.He will send his parents a gift
3.She has bought two new dresses recently
4.You must write these music lessons in ink
5.We saw our friends outside the church yesterday
6.Lan saw an accident on Le Loi street yesterday
7.People can grow potatoes in this farm
8.I have seen that exciting film many times.
9.My father drinks a cup of tea in the morning
10.Bill called his boss yesterday
1.Susan is phoning her boyfriend in the living room now
.2.Mr. and Mrs. Long were playing chess when we came
.3.His parents have just given him a new dictionary
4.We grow rubber trees in our country
5.He met his father at the front gate
6.People can’t plant rubber trees in the desert
7.We haven’t seen Peter yet. 8.Ba and Nam are painting the fence .9.Linh reads a story book after dinner. 10.He will send his parents a gift.rewrite the following sentence ( passive voice)
1.did anyone ask any question about me ?
2.henry wrote that book years ago, didn't he ?
3. i wasn't introduced to any of the guests
4. what sort of research are they doing in the laboratory ?
5.you should place matches out of children
6.people say that inflation is getting out of control
7. we'll have finished all the work by the weekend
8.i heard her singing very beautifully
9.scientists started discovering the universe thousands of years ago
10. nothing can be gained without effort
11.the robbers forced the bank manager to hand over the money
12,they let us go
13,the police stopped Tom on the highway and made him show his I.D card
14,where did your child find the keys ?
15,write your address on the back of cheque
16,some people think he is a dangerous criminal
17,they will have to sign these documents
18,the workers are going to pull town that old building
19,no one told me the truth
1)They have built up all sorts of fearsome prospects in their mind............................................................................
2)My brother is going to choose engineering for his future job............................................................................
3)They are preparing dinner in another room................................................................................
4)Lenin gave each of them two exercise books...............................................................................
5)Women all over the world are acquiring greater independence...................................................................
6)The 20th century has given us a lot of advantages.......................................................................
7)You will have to make great efforts in studying...........................................................................
8)We are going to translate HAMLET into our native language..........................................................................
9)Your sister must pay attention to her teacher's advice..............................................................................
10)In his chapter, we are going to give him an intelligent test...................................................................................
11)She isn't going to pick these roses for the party................................................................................
12)Someone has taken awayall of my English books...............................................................................
13)People are talking about him everywhere......................................................................
14)Noone can answer that question...........................................................................
15)People say that he is 007...................................................................................
16)The teacher made us do a lot of exercise............................................................................
17)How are they going to do this project?...........................................................................
18)Which picture did you draw yesterday?........................................................................
19)People rumoured that the coming crop was the worst................................................................................
20)People say that prevention is better than cure..................................................................................
21)They used to make the littlle boys climb the chimneys to clean them.................................................................................
22)Are you going to take an English course during the summer?..........................................................................
23)They have to canel all the fights from London because of the bad weather............................................................................
24)We saw her cross the intersections....................................................................
25)People considered that Micheal Jackson has been the best pop singer...............................................................................
Use a Relative pronoun preceded by a preposition to combine each pair of sentences below.
1. The teacher is Mr Pike. We studied with him last year.
2. The problem has been discussed in class. We are very interested in it.
3. Many diseases are no longer dangerous. People died of them years ago.
4. Do you see my pen? I have just written the lesson with it.
5. I like standing at the window. I can see the park from this window.
6. We are crossing the meadow. We flew kites over it in our childhood.
7. They are repairing the tubes. Water is brought into our house through the tubes.
8. In the middle of the village there is a well. The villagers take water from this well to drink.
9. The middle-aged man is the director. My father is talking to him.
10. This is a race opportunity. You should take advantage of it to get a better job.
11. The boy is my cousin. You made fun of him.
12. This matter is of great importance. You should pay attention to it.
13. The woman lives next door to me. You gave place to her on the bus.
14. This snake is venomless. You are afraid of it.
15. The examination lasted two days. I was successful in this examination.
16. These children are orphans. She is taking care of these children.
17. The two young men safe not good persons. You are acquainted with them.
18. This is a result of our work. I'm pleased with it.
19. There is a "No Parking" sign. I do not take notice of it.
20. Mr Brown is the man. I'm responsible to him for my work.
III. change these sentences into the passive voice:
1. you ought to water the plants everyday
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2. you must write your lesson in ink
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3. do they give many courses in English during the summer break?
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IV. combine each pair of these sentences, using the present paticipale ( V-ing ) or the past participle ( V-ed )
1. a new factory has just opened in our town. It employs more than 200 workers
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2. a boy was injured in the accident. he was taken to hospital
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3. I didn't talk much to the man. the man was sitting next to me on the plane to Ha Noi
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4. the man is my uncle. he wrote this poem
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5. the street is very wide. It leads to our school
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6. the book is mine. It is lying on the table
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7. my family is living in a house. the house was built in 2004
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8. the chickens are very fat. they are raised on our farm
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9. the street are very wide. they are bordered with shops
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10. the boy will be punished. he broke the shop window
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