EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE TEACHER: Đỗ Thúc Công -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASSIVE VOICE Exercise 1: Change the following sentences into passive voice: 1. My parents sent me to an English speaking school.  ………………………………………. 2. The fire has destroyed many houses. ……………………………………………………… 3. People say that he has been to the island of Nagua ……………… ……………………… 4. The police made the youth empty his pockets…………………… ……………………… 5. They are preparing the school for the president’s visit.  ………………………………… 6. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week.  …………………………………………… 7. We have made great progress in our economy in the last few years.  ………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. Please don’t disturb me.  ………………………………………………………………… 9. Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manager.  …………………………………. 10. Smith Ltd are supplying our country with a new office furniture.  ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 11. No decision has been made yet.  …………………………………………………………. 12. The police were following the suspects.  …………………………………………………. 13. In that shop they always cut the cloth very carefully. ……………………………………. 14. She is shortening the dress for you now.  ………………………………………………… 15. The tailor measured my father for a new suit.  …………………………………………… 16. We will sell all those new dresses by the weekend.  ……………………………………… 17. They used to sew every button on by hand.  ……………………………………………… 18. I think somebody has already told me that story.  ………………………………………… 19. Customers may try on clothes before purchasing.  ………………………………………. 20. They’re going to change the law on shopping hours.  ……………………………………. 21. The assistant was serving me when the bell rang.  ……………………………………… 22. They had often talked of building a superstore there.  …………………………………… Exercise 2: Change into passive or active : 1. People speak English here. . 2. They don't sell stamps in bookshops . 3. Nguyen Du wrote Kieu’s story. 4. The teacher is going to tell a story . 5. Someone was cleaning the classroom when I came…. 6. This factory is producing more and more pollution. . 7. Were the letters sent by Tom? . 8. No one has signed the check. 9. Nobody believes his story. 10. Do they teach English in your school? 11. This store was opened by Mr John in 1990. 12. The lessons are being written by the students. . 13. Someone broke into my room and took away some pictures. . 14. She will send him a gift on his birthday. EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE TEACHER: Đỗ Thúc Công -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. They gave me that bicycle last week. . 16. We know that English is an international language. . 17. People believed that the earth stood still. . 18. They declared that he has died a natural death. . 19. It is believed that 13 is an unhappy number. . 20. The owner of the house was said to have gone abroad. 21. It is said that she works 16 hours a day. 22. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall. 23. A nurse bandaged his arm.  He had ……………………………………………………… Exercise 3: Use the correct voice ( active or passive) and the correct tense of the verb in sentence. 1. Almost everyone ( enjoy) …………… . the lecture last night. 2. English ( teach) …………… . in the schools of almost every nation. 3. That proposal ( consider) …………… . by the members right now. 4. Smith ( teach) …………… . at the University of Washington since 1999. 5. Not much ( say) …………… . about that matter since that time. 6. That event (occur) …………… . shortly after the meeting last week. 7. Less than half of the cans of paint ( use) …………… . so far. 8. At this time, much attention (devote) …………… . to that problem. 9. That old red house (build) …………… . in the year 1822. 10. The report ( examine, not ) …………… . by the committee of experts yet. 11. Cocktails ( serve) …………… . to the guests about 10 minutes from now. 12. A second coat of paint ( spread) …………… . over that surface tomorrow. 13. Everything ( go ) …………… . well so far There ( be) …………… . no trouble yet. 14. Listen to this. I think this news …………… . (surprise) you. 15. The noise from the trains (annoy) …………… . me terribly last night. . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PASSIVE VOICE Exercise 1: Change the following sentences into passive voice: 1. My parents sent me to an English. EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE TEACHER: Đỗ Thúc Công --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------