PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISEExercise 1: Change these sentences from active to passive: 1.. The students are going to hold a meeting.. People must not leave bicycle in the hall.. It is high tim
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Exercise 1: Change these sentences from active to passive:
1 The student will receive the result tomorrow
2 The counselor has seen the student
3 The mailman had already delivered the mail
4 Lightening hits many tall building
5 The students are going to hold a meeting
6 Peter is writing the report
7 They will discuss the matter at their next meeting
8 People believe that someone murdered Mr Stone
9 People should send their complaints to the head offices
10 They had to postpone the meeting because of illness
11 Someone might have stolen your car if you had left the keys in it
12 Someone accused me of stealing the money
13 Someone is going to serve Jack breakfast in bed on his birthday
14 Someone saw them boarding a plane for Australia
15 No one told Lady Orville-James, Sir Richard’s wife, what had happened
16 Someone said that she was very upset
17 People must not leave bicycle in the hall
18 It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child
19 He expected us to offer him the job
20 Children couldn’t have done all of this damage
21 You need not type this letter
22 They didn’t look after the children properly
23 They say he is a spy
24 They say he was a spy
25 Someone seems to have made a terrible mistake
26 They let her go
27 It is impossible to predict the future accurately
28 He like people to call him “sir”
29 We don’t allow smoking
30 It’s his duty to work here all night
Exercise 2: Correct the mistakes in these following:
1 Romeo and Juliet were written from Shakespeare
2 I can’t give you a ride because my car is repairing
3 I were told that after been repaired, it will be as good as new
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5 We were telling to arrive by noon, but we were delay
6 It was announce for the company president that large profits had be made
Exercise 3: Use the verbs in suitable form:
The old building in East Street is Bradford Hall It (1) ……… (build) in 1827 and today it (2)……… (regard) as the finest Georgian building in the country.
A number of changes (3) ……… (make) since it (4) ……… (build), but the front of the building (5) ……… (not change) Today the Hall (6 )
……… (own) by the City Council, and for the last ten years it (7) ………
(use) as a home for City Art Centre At the moment a small art gallery (8)
……… (build) behind the Hall.
Exercise 4: Choose the best answer:
1 The current constitutional problem is ……… by the top leaders in the country
A studying B being studying C being studied D been studied
2 I ……… with you on that subject
A am agree B am agreed C agreeing D agree
3 Both domestic and imported automobiles must ……… anti-pollution devices
A equip with B be equipped with C equip by D be equipped by
4 Despite all my anxiety, I ……… for the job I want
A was hiring B hired C got hiring D got hired
5 The Mayan Indians ……… developed an accurate calendar more than 7 centuries ago
A were B √ C are D have been
6 “Are you interested in scuba diving?”
“Very Undersea life is ……… ”
A fascinated B fascinating C being fascinating D being fascinated
7 “Has the committee made its decision yet?”
“Not yet They are still ……… the proposals ”
A considering B been considered C being considered D considered
8 As the ferry tale goes, the prince ……… into a frog by an evil magician
A turned B was turned C was turning D had been turning
9 Last night a tornado swept through the village It ……… destroyed everything in its path
A √ B was C was being D had been
10 The hospital’s air-conditioning system ……… when the first heat of the summer arrived
A had installed B had been installed C installed D had been installing
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A happened B was happened C happens D is happened
12 Many US automobiles ……… in Detroit, Michigan
A manufacture B have manufactured C are manufactured D are manufacturing
13 Many country is ……… the pursuit of the world peace
A dedicating to B dedicated to C dedicating by D dedicated by
14 George is ……… Lisa
A marry with B marry to C married with D married to
15 The university ……… by private funds as well as by the tuition income and grants
A is supported B supports C is supporting D has supported
16 In some rural areas, health care ……… by a small number of the doctors and nurses
A is providing B is being provided C provides D provided
17 When I woke up and looked outside, the ground had been lightly ……… with a dusting of snow
A covering B cover C covered D covers
18 It’s hard to believe that my applicant for a scholarship ………
A denied B was denied C was denying D had denied
19 I don’t like ……… by my friends
A being laughed B to laugh C laughing D to be laughing
20 I wanted to change the color of my room I had my room ………
A painting B paint C painted D be painted