passive voice exercises (1)
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Change the following sentences into the passive voice. |
Example : The manager is signing the cheques. The cheques are being signed by the manager. |
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The maid is sweeping the broken pieces of glass. |
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The police have solved most of the crimes this year. |
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Only a few of us attended the spiritual talk. |
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The gardener sweeps and mops the hall once a week. |
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Mrs Lim is boiling the sweet potatoes at the moment. |
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The authorities will launch a cleanliness campaign in the park. |
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We will work out the details of the agreement within a week. |
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No one responded to the call to donate blood. |
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The good Samaritan helped the blind man cross the road. |
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The salesman is driving Danny's new car out of the garage. |
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Choose the appropriate variant for each sentence. |
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A party ______ to celebrate their victory. |
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had held |
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holds |
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c. |
was held |
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d. |
was to hold |
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What questions _____ you _____ at the interview ? |
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were ... asking |
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b. |
were ... asked |
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c. |
are ... being asked |
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d. |
have ... ask |
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A book on archaeology _____ by the famous professor. |
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wrote |
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b. |
has written |
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c. |
was written |
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d. |
writes |
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You ______ to the manager's office. |
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have taken |
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b. |
will take |
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c. |
will be taking |
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d. |
will be taken |
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I _____ an invitation to a party. |
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am giving |
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b. |
have been given |
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c. |
have given |
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d. |
will give |
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_____ the room _____ yet ? |
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Is ... cleaning |
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Has ... cleaned |
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c. |
Has ... been cleaned |
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d. |
Was ... cleans |
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These curtains and cushion covers ______ by my mother. |
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have sewn |
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b. |
is sewing |
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c. |
had been sewn |
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d. |
can sew |
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All the figures and calculations ______ thoroughly. |
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should check |
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b. |
should be checking |
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c. |
should have checked |
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d. |
should be checked |
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A joke ______ seriously. |
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is not taken |
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b. |
is not to take |
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c. |
is not to be taken |
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d. |
is not taking |
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These books ______ to us by the teacher. |
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recommended |
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b. |
were recommended |
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c. |
have recommended |
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d. |
was being recommended |
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Change the Voices of the Verbs in the following Sentences: |
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The boy feeds his dogs twice a day. |
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People think of his behavior as very strange. |
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The lady was sleeping when they broke into the house. |
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Change the following sentences into the active voice: |
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The book is to be given to my sister after this. |
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Please see that the room is swept and mopped before I return. |
5) |
Choose the appropriate passive variant for each active sentence. |
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The ants are biting me. |
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I am being bitten by the ants. |
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b. |
I am being bit by the ants. |
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c. |
I am bitten by the ants. |
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d. |
I was being bitten by the ants. |
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2. |
They are bringing in the luggage. |
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The luggage are bringing in. |
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b. |
The luggage is brought in. |
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c. |
The luggage are brought in. |
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d. |
The luggage is being brought in. |
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3. |
She rears ducks on the farm. |
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On the farm are reared ducks. |
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Ducks will be reared on the farm. |
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Ducks is reared on the farm. |
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d. |
Ducks are reared on the farm. |
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He broke all the equipment. |
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All the equipment broke. |
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b. |
All the equipment was broken. |
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All the equipment were broken. |
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All the equipment was broke. |
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Farah was tearing the old newspapers. |
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The old newspapers was tearing. |
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b. |
The old newspapers were torn. |
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c. |
The old newspapers were being torn. |
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The old newspapers was being torn. |
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I will meet my friend at the airport. |
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My friend will be meet at the airport. |
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b. |
My friend will be met at the airport. |
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c. |
My friend will being met at the airport. |
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d. |
My friend will have been met at the airport. |
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The laborers have cut down the tree. |
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The tree has been cut down. |
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b. |
The tree has cut down. |
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c. |
The tree have been cut down. |
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d. |
The tree has been cutting down. |
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8. |
Someone had sung the song before. |
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The song had sung before. |
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b. |
The song had been sang before. |
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c. |
The song had been sung before. |
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d. |
The song had being sung before. |
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I will have sold the video game to Harris. |
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Harris will have sold the video game. |
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I will have sold to Harris the video game. |
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c. |
The video game will have sold to Harris. |
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d. |
The video game will have been sold to Harris. |
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10. |
We should choose a monitor quickly. |
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A monitor should be chose quickly. |
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b. |
A monitor should be quickly chosen. |
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c. |
A monitor should choose quickly. |
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d. |
A monitor should quickly chosen. |