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Passive and Active Voice Exercises

The document provides examples of sentences in active and passive voice and instructions for converting sentences between the two voices. It includes over 100 sentences in various tenses for students to practice transforming between active and passive voice, with or without mentioning the agent. The examples cover a wide range of topics and verbs.

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Passive and Active Voice Exercises

The document provides examples of sentences in active and passive voice and instructions for converting sentences between the two voices. It includes over 100 sentences in various tenses for students to practice transforming between active and passive voice, with or without mentioning the agent. The examples cover a wide range of topics and verbs.

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PASSIVE AND ACTIVE VOICE

PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE.


Jane taught him English.
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They have given me a watch.
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Mr Winston gives presents to all the staff at Christmas.
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They wrote a letter to her.
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The hotel manager has offered Diana a job.
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Our father promised my sister and me a new car.
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Someone will show you how to do the work.
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Her children will send her flowers.
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PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE. DO NOT


MENTION THE AGENT UNLESS IT SEEMS NECESSARY.
The milkman brings the milk to my door.
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The postman leaves the letters in the hall.
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People steal things from supermarkets every day.
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Someone stole twenty bottles of whisky from this one last week.
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Normally men sweep this street every day.
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Today nobody swept it.
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The postman last cleared this box at 2:30.


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Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door.
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They clean the upstairs office in the evening between seven and eight.
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We never saw him in the dining room.
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A maid took all his meals up to him.
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Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday.
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Last year we built 1500 new houses.
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Guests can order coffee and sandwiches up to 11.30.
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An ambulance took the sick man to hospital.
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Can we do something about that?
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The other day a dog chases a thief who tried to get in the warehouse.
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The police arrested the thief.
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Some people carried Jack off the field on a stretcher.
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You cant wash this dress.
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You must dry-clean it.
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They are demolishing the entire block.
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Men with slide rules used to do these calculations.
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They are repairing my piano at the moment.
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2

Passengers shouldnt throw away their tickets.


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Has someone posted my parcel?
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Why did no one inform me of the change of plan?
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We found that the operation was correct.
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We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.
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Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake.
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People know that he is armed.
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We believe that he has special knowledge which may be useful to the police.
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People believe that he was killed by terrorists.
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We know that the expedition reached the South Pole in May.
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They decided to divide the money between the widows fo the lifeboatmen.
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People consider that he is a very disgusting person.
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People often take him for his brother.
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The crowd shouted him down.
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No one has taken out the cork.
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People must hand in their weapons.
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Burglars broke into the house.
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The manufacturers are giving away small plastic toys.
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3

The finance committee hasnt accounted for the items on the enclosed list.
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Most people would approve of what you did.
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The fence kept the dogs off the lawn.
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His uncle helped him out with a loan.
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The rescue team dug the victims out in two hours.
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The authorities closed down his business.
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My parents will bring Janet up to believe in the golden rule.
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Somebody washed Johns contact lenses down the sink.
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The whole family saw him off at the station.
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Everybody listened attentively to the message on the radio.
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PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INT O THE ACTIVE VOICE

The instructions have been changed.

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She will have to be taught.

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This car was manufactured in Japan by Toyota.

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Why aren't the exercises being finished on time?

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Last year 2,000 new units had been produced by the time we introduced the new
design.

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Casual clothes must not be worn.

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$400,000 in profit has been reported this year.

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The test will be given at five o'clock this afternoon.

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Students are required to wear uniforms at all times.

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This rumour must have been started by our competitors.

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All work will have been completed by five o'clock this evening.

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We were told to wait here.

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Lunch was being served when we arrived.

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Lectures are recorded and posted on the Internet.

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Portuguese has always been spoken in this village.

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PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE USING THE
CAUSATIVE FORM OF HAVE
The maid cleans her room every day.
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The chef cooked us a very special dinner.
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The photographer has taken a photo of me.
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They are building our house.
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The dress-maker will make a beautiful dress for Judy.
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The technician has been installing our new telephone line.
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The agent published Marys book last year.
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The photographer developed my photos.
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My dentist took one of my wise teeth out.
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He has fixed her television set.
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She is brushing Peters hair.
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They are decorating my brothers room tomorrow.
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