ACTIVE TO PASSIVE Write the verbs in the correct passive form: Rewrite the sentences into the passive voice Use the agent only if necessary: Letters to voters ……………… at election time (send/ pr simple) The housework …………………… (do/ pr perf) This car ……………… here (can/not/ park/ pr simple) Lots of workers …………………………… redundant last year (make/ past simple) …………… dinner …………… ready by 9:30? (be/ will) The computer ……………………… when I arrived (fix/ past cont) This museum …………………………… in 2002 (redecorate/past simple) The report ………………………… by Monday (must/ finish/ pr simple) ………… your TV……………… yet? (repair/p perf) 10 Nothing ……………………… about the millionaire’s kidnap (say/ pr perf) 11 Lots of money ……………… to the Third My mother didn’t buy the pencils I needed …………………………………………………………… ………… Some students have written really nice essays …………………………………………………………… ………… The Congress has passed a new law on education …………………………………………………………… …………… Dad has lost is glasses again …………………………………………………………… …………… CNN informed about yesterday’s earthquake …………………………………………………………… …………… Vine growers harvest tons of grapes in Italy …………………………………………………………… Rewrite these sentences into the passive voice according to the given words: Correct the sentences that contain mistakes Paul gave me a nice sweater for my birthday I ………………………………………………………… ……… A new sweater …………………………………………… Mary has sent Paul some nice postcards Paul ………………………………………………………… … Some nice postcards ………………………………………… Carol told us a very funny story We ………………………………………………………… ……… A very funny story ………………………………………… The travel agent has just made the holiday arrangements for Paul Paul ………………………………………………………… …… The holiday arrangements ……………………………… Mel is going to lend Sue some money Sue Lunch was being make by he when we got there …………………………………………………………… …………… English is spoken by people in Australia …………………………………………………………… …………… Will the housework have being doing by 11 a.m? …………………………………………………………… …………… Something must be done to solve the problem …………………………………………………………… ………… Are customers served with good food there? …………………………………………………………… ………… The letter hasn’t received yet …………………………………………………………… …………… Is the dog going to take to the vet? …………………………………………………………… …………… Was Dr Brown warned after the accident? …………………………………………………………… ……………