ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

By Supriyatna

Direction : Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb
(active or passive) in parentheses.
1. Yesterday our teacher (arrive) _________ five minutes late.
2. The morning paper (read) ___________ by over 200.000 people everyday.
3. Last night my favorite TV program (interrupt) _________ by a special news
bulletin.
4. Thats not my coat. It (belong) _______ to Louise.
5. Our mail (deliver) ________ before noon every day.
6. The b in comb (pronounce, not) _______________. It is silent.
7. A bad accident (happen) ___________ on Highway 95 last night around
midnight.
8. When I (arrive) _______ at the airport yesterday, I (meet) _______ by my
cousin and a couple of her friends.
9. Yesterday I (hear) _______ about Margarets divorce. I (surprise) _________
by the news. Janice (shock) _______.
10. A new house (build) ________ next to ours next year.
11. Roberto (write) _______ this composition last week. That one (write)
_______ by Abdullah.
12. Radium (discover) __________ by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
13. A: Do you understand the explanation in the book?
B: No, I dont. I (confuse) _________ by it.
14.A: Where are you going to school next year?
B: I (accept) _______ by Shoreline Community College.
15.A: I think Football is too violent
B: I (agree) ______ with you. I (prefer) _______ baseball.
16.A: When (your bike, steal) ________?
B: Two days ago.
17.A: (you, pay) ________ your electric bill yet?
B: No, I havent, but Id better pay it today. If I dont, my electricity (shut off)
______________ by the power company.
18.A: Did you hear about the accident?
B: No, What (happen) ___________ ?
B: A bicyclist (hit) _______ by a taxi in front of the dorm.
B: (the bicyclist, injure) ___________?
A: Yes. Someone (call) ________ an ambulance. The bicyclist (take) _____
To the City Hospital and (treat) __________ in the emergency for cuts and
Bruises..
B: What (happen) ________ to the taxi driver?