Passive voice increasing practice

Write in the passive

1. Peter bought the house

2. Mary will bring the wine

3. My friends are repairing the car

4. Most students speak English in this class

5. An elderly couple sheltered her

6. A policeman helped him

7. She finished her work by nine o'clock

8. Nobody can repair this broken chair

9. They carried him into the hospital

10.Are they typing the letters?

Write in the active
1.    We are taught grammar by Ms Sullivan.
2.    He was praised by the teacher.
3.    The injured were taken to the hospital by the firemen.
4.    The town was destroyed by an earthquake.
5.    The teacher was pleased with the boy’s work.
6.    The building was damaged by the fire.

. Complete the sentences with a passive construction, using the verbs given in the form suggested.

1. Much of London (destroy) _________ by fire in the seventeenth century. (Past Simple)

2. The man who (bite)____________________ by a snake was given a serum. (Past Perfect)

3. A leader should be a man who can (respect)____________________. (Infinitive)

4. Many slums (demolish) ___________ to make way for new buildings. (Present Continuous.)

5. The police (instruct) ___________ to take firm action against hooligans. (Present Perfect)

6. He (save)______________ from bankruptcy by the kindness of a friend. (Past Simple)

7. A cease-fire (expect) ____________________ (declare) ____________________ later this week. (Present Simple, Infinitive)

Complete the sentences with a passive construction after deciding the tense, using the verbs given

1. In 1987, an emergency decisión ___________________after the oilspill. (take)
2. This morning, aerosol sprays __________from the perfume department. (remove)
3. Next month this river ___________________. (clean up)
4. The 'hole' in the ozone layer___________________by scientists for 30 years. ( notice)
5. If cars ___________________from the area, we will soon suffer from respiratory illnesses. (not ban)
6. If a nuclear bomb exploded, the earth___________________. (destroy)
7. Scientists say that the ozone layer___________________by chemicals. (destroy)

Rewrite the sentences in the passive, making the words in italics the subject of the sentence or clause in which they appear.

1. They gave the oldest councilor the freedom of the city.

2. They denied access to the secret documents to all but a few.

3. Someone showed the child how to use the telephone.

4. They declared him persona non grata and allowed him only forty-eight hours to leave the

country.

5. They gave him artificial respiration.

6. Why didn't they offer him the job?

7. Didn't they promise you a rise in salary at the beginning of the year?

8. Someone left him a legacy of 10.000.

9. When he looked at the stamps, he found they had sold him forgeries.

10. What did they pay you for doing the job?