SPECIAL PASSIVE FORMS 1. The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning books. ->system was being started because books were not being returned 2.No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information. ->Nothing can be done unless we are given 3.They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun -Nothing more will be said . If The gun is returned 4.It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child. ->He was told to stop 5. A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered $ 20 reward for him ->My dog was stolen and brought back only when a $ 20 reward was offered * The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be+ past participle 6. They advised employing part- time workers. - > They advised that part- time workers should be employed. 7. Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed ->Compare clothes washed by us with clothes washed by any other laundry. 8. He expected us to offer him the job.* -> He expected to be offered. 9. Titian couldnt have painted it as people didnt wear that style of dress -> It couldnt have been painted by Ti because that kind of dress wasnt worn. 10. They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area. -> They recommended that new factories should be opened. 11.Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail fever -> Herbs used to be carried by judges 12. The prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock.( xửụỷng sửỷa chửừa taứu ) -> Dock was to have been opened by the PM. 13.Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship. ->This training ship is to be manned by boys 14.The authorities are to introduce this speed limit gradually. -> This speed limit is to be introduced 15.They suggested making the test easier. - > They suggested that the tests should be made 16.People say that Byron lived on vinegar and potatoes. * -> Byron is said to have lived on 17. They made him surrender his passport. -> He was made to surrender his passport. 18. People are saying that the government is spending too little money on roads * ->It is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads. 19. People believed that the earth was flat -> It was believed that the earth was flat -> The earth was believed to be flat 20.People say that early Egyptian and Greek sailors used carrier pigeons * -> Carrier pigeons are said to have been used by early Egyptian and Greek sailors . SPECIAL PASSIVE FORMS 1. The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not