Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
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2. We use this room only on special purposes.
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3. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.
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4. Someone had slashed the picture with a knife.
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5. They are pulling down the old theatre.
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6. Someone should open the wine.
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7. Somebody had cleaned my suit and shoes.
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8. Someone must not hammer nails into the walls without
permission.
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9. Someone switched on a light.
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10. Tom and Charles mend the roof.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots.
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2. Someone will serve refreshments.
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3. Members may keep books for three weeks.
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4. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
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5. Someone has already told him to report for duty at six.
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6. The librarians were starting a new system.
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7. The police asked each of us about his movement on the night
of the crime.
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8. Someone must not leave bicycles in the hall.
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9. Mike has bought a harp.
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10. Jen rang the church bells as a flood warning.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Anyone can do anything.
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2. The police give us more information about the missing person.
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3. FedEx are delivering harp this afternoon.
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4. The student must return the books to the library.
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5. Everyone is spending far more money on food now.
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6. I offered $20 rewards for him.
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7. The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine.
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8. They make these artificial flowers of silk.
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9. They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.
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10. Chandler wrote that letter.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. The organizers will exhibit the painting until the end of the
month.
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2. They will say nothing about the matter.
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3. Someone returns the stolen gun.
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4. Someone told him to stop behaving like a child.
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5. A thief stole my dog.
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6. We have washed the clothes.
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7. He expected us to offer him a job.
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8. They showed her the easiest way to do it.
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9. Lighting struck the old soak.
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10. Titian couldnt have painted the dress.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Everyone wore that style of dress until after his death.
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2. A jellyfish stung her.
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3. The author has written a special edition for children.
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4. Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-
fever.
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5. He wrote a note with matchstick dipped with blood.
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6. Beavers make these dams.
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7. Most people opposed this.
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8. Students are doing a lot of the work.
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9. The Prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock.
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10. They should open new factories in the depressed area.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. They used to start these engines by hand.
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2. Now they start the engines by electricity.
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3. An uneasy silence succeeded the shot.
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4. The idea interested you.
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5. The lawyer gave him the details of his uncles will.
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6. The closure of the workshops will make a lot of men
redundant.
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7. Anyone with the smallest intelligence could understand these
instructions.
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8. We will not admit children under sixteen.
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9. Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship.
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10. A rainstorm flooded the gypsies camp.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. The howling of wolves kept him awake all night.
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2. They should make the test easier.
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3. Children couldnt have done all this damage.
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4. The authorities are to introduce this speed limit.
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5. They are lengthening the runways.
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6. Rachel gets a builder to put a lift.
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7. The firm made a profit.
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8. Guests will wear evening dress.
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9. The authorities put the ship.
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10. We shall have to find someone.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Nurses are wakening patients.
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2. British fishermen must offer any sturgeon to the Queen.
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3. Someone has altered this notice.
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4. Squatters have used their houseboat.
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5. They were towing the damaged ship.
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6. They made him surrender his passport.
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7. Our opponents must have started this rumor.
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8. The New Arts Gallery is to exhibit my paintings.
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9. Experts have proved this scientific theory.
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10. They are to salvage the car.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Police are guarding the house.
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2. They found the dead man.
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3. You lock the car.
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4. The government is spending too little money.
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5. You could put your money to good use.
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6. A strong police guard was escorting the referee.
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7. We keep the butter here.
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8. They broke the window.
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9. People have seen wolves in the streets.
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10. They are repairing the bridge.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. People believed in that rumor.
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2. No one has read this copy.
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3. No one has cut the pages.
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4. The police led away the student.
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5. The early Egyptian and Greek sailors used carrier pigeons.
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6. They were carrying the injured player off the field.
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7. You must shut these doors.
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8. They should have told him.
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9. He wants her to take photographs.
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10. He invited me to go.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. He urged the Council to reduce the rates.
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2. He should sell the house.
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3. He must use bullet-proof glass.
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4. Stephen gave Angelica a bulldog.
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5. Your fathers friend, Mr. Jones, has bought the house next
door.
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6. The teacher is going to explain the lesson.
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7. Shirley has suggested a new idea.
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8. Two horses were pulling the farmers wagon.
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9. Kathy had returned the book to the library.
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10. By this time tomorrow, the president will have made the
announcement.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Our local council is building a new public library.
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2. Shakespeare wrote that play.
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3. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
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4. Alex is preparing that report.
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5. Waitresses and waiters serve customers.
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6. I didnt write that note.
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7. Jim wrote it.
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8. Alice didnt make that pie.
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9. Did Mrs. French make it?
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10. Does Prof. Jackson teach that course?
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. I know that Prof. Adams doesnt watch it.
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2. Mrs. Andrew hasnt signed those papers yet.
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3. Is Mr. Brown painting your house?
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4. His tricks wont fool me.
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5. Jackie scored the winning goal.
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6. People grow corn in Iowa.
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7. Someone made this antique table in 1743.
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8. Someone stole my purse.
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9. Someone was making the coffee when I walked into the
kitchen.
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10. Translators have translated that book into many languages.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Dr. Ikeda developed that theory.
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2. Timmy dropped the cup.
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3. The assistant manager interviewed me.
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4. A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village.
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5. One of the students always erases the chalkboard.
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6. Jims daughter drew that picture.
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7. My son drew this picture.
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8. The judges will judge the applicants on the basis of their
originality.
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9. Is Professor Rivers teaching that course this semester?
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10. When did someone invent the radio?
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. The mail carrier had already delivered the mail by the time I
left for school this morning.
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2. When is someone going to announce the results of the contest?
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3. Hundreds of fans mobbed the rock music star outside the
theater.
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4. They are going to build the new hospital next year.
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5. They have already built the new elementary school.
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6. Many people begin new projects in January.
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7. You must wash that shirt for tonights party.
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8. Mum is going to prepare the food.
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9. They make shoes in that factory.
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10. We will have to examine you again.
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Name:
Put the following into the passive voice.
1. Someone has sent an invitation to a wedding.
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2. People grow rice in many countries.
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3. The secretary is typing the letter.
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4. Teachers teach reading in the first grade.
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5. Someone published that book in 1985.
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6. They had finished preparations by the time the guests arrived.
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7. The delegation will meet the visitors at the airport.
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8. We have produced skis here since 1964.
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9. All workers will read the memo.
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10. Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf.
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