Passive Voice

Passive Voice
Exercise 1: Give the form of the verbs in brackets in passive:
1. Milk ( contain) in paper boxes nowadays. 
2. Cheese ( make) from milk 
3. The house ( paint ) every year 
4.The money ( change ) into dollars at the bank.
5. My bicycle ( steal ) yesterday. 
6. The parcel (post ) yesterday morning. 
7. Oil ( find ) in the Antarctic recently.
8. When we came , the room ( clean) by Lan.
9. The house ( build ) at the moment.
10. Her new novel ( publish) next week.
11. I should ( tell) about that by her. 
12. The homework must ( do) before you go to 
13. The picture is going to ( finish) in few week.
14. Their flight had to ( delay) .
15. A new shop ( just / open ) in the area.
16. The book ( not use ) very often.
17. The flowers ( not grow ) now.
18.The telephone calls ( not make ) yesterday.
19. The car ( not repair ) by him at this time yesterday.
20. The work ( not finish) yet.
21. The road ( not finish ) next week.
22. The ptoject ( should not continue).
23. Their houses ( rebuild) next month?
24. The date of the meeting ( change) recently?
25. How often this book (read) by him?
26. She ( present ) a gift by her friend last night?
27. The novel ( write ) at the moment?
28. The game ( play ) at 9.00 lastnight?
29. The card ( have to show) to the librarian?
30. Milk ( should drink ) by the children.
31.I (made) to repair the car yesterday.
32. They are having the house (rebuild).
33. They will get the car ( clean) by me.
34. She ( let ) clean the dishes at the moment.
35. I have had my hair ( cut).
Exercise 2: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets in passive or active :
1. Yesterday our teacher ( arrive) five minutes late.
2. The morning paper ( read ) by over 200,000 people everyday.
3. Last night my favourite program (interrupt) by a special news.
4. A bad accident ( happen) on Highway 95 last night.
5. A new house ( build ) next to ours next year.
6. The letter ( type/ already) by the secretary.
7. That letter is important. It ( ought to type) immediately.
8. When your car ( steal ) ? - Two days ago.
9. That is not my coat. It ( belong) to Louise.
10. She ( leave ) school last year . Since then she ( work) as a waitress at a local pub.
11. I’m sorry. I ( not finish) this work yet.
12. You ( see) any good films recently?
13. How many cups of tea ( drink) yesterday?
14.Poems as well as plays (write) by Sheakepeare?
15. These books ( just buy) from the store.
16.He is having his hair ( cut).
17. Lan got me (help) her sister.
18. She had me ( clean) the floor.
19. They ( make) me finish the work on time everyday.
20. I got my dress ( make) by Lan.
Exercise3: Rewrite the sentences, use the words given:
1. People use this dictionary very often.
à This dictionary……………………………………………………
 2. They gave Mary this present an hour ago.
à Mary……………………………………………………………..
 3. Someone has repaired this telephone.
à This telephone……………………………………………………
 4. We must finish the project on time.
à The project……………………………………………………….
 5. They had to cancel the flight because of the bad weather.
à The flight…………………………………………………………..
 6. They held the 22nd SEA game in Vietnam in 2003.
 à The 22nd SEA Game………………………………………………..
 7. They are interwiewing the president on the TV at the moment.
à The president…………………………………………………………..
 8. They deliver the post twice a day.
 à The post………………………………………………………………..
 9. She will open this letter.
 à This letter……………………………………………………………….
 10. They were repairing the traffic lights at 10 o’clock yesterday.
à The traffic lights…………………………………………………………
 11. The police arrested ( bắt giữ) the man later that night.
à The man………………………………………………………………..
 12. They hasn’t seen her for ages.
 à She……………………………………………………………………..
 13. She didn’t give me anything on my birthday.
à I…………………………………………………………………………….
 14. People don’t believe him.
à He…………………………………………………………………………
 15. We won’t built a new house here.
à A new house……………………………………………………………….
 16. Should we take the medicine after meal?
 à Should the medicine……………………………………………………….
17. Has someone eaten the cake?
à Has the cake………………………………………………………………..
18. Do you meet Lan every day?
à Is Lan……………………………………………………………………….
19. Will she make a new dress tomorrow?
à Will a ………………………………………………………………………
20. Did Shakespear write “Romeo and Juliet”?
à Was………………………………………………………………
Exercise 3: Change the sentences into passive voice:
1. Somebody has cleaned the room.
2. Bill is using the computer at the moment.
3. They pay designers a lot of money.
4. Where did they decotate your kitchen?
5. We have to test these products.
6. Somebody was recording our conversation.
7. How do people pronounce this word?
8. The police will tow away cars left here.
9. The situation is serious. We must do something before it’s too late.
10. They have postponed the concert.
11. They are going to build a new supermarket next year.
12. Has your father repaired the car?
13. They export bananas to Europe.
14. People advised us not to go uot alone.
15. They cancelled all flights because of fog.
16. My sister gave me a new pair of jeans on my fifteen birthday.
17. The zoo keepers feed the anomals twice a day.
18. They have sold their car to pay their debt.
19. We are going to grow flowers in the frot garden.
20. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30.
21. My grandmother is knitting a new sweater for me.
22. Did people make jeans two hundred years ago.
23. We don’t use thi kind of cloth to make shirt.
47. They will close the factory until further notice.
48. All students have to take the final examination.
49. You can obtain that information on the information desk.
50. You don’t have to complete that assignment this week.
51. Nam is typing a letter for his sister.
52. What are you going to do tomorrow morning?.
53. The child is playing a lot of games.
54. They are preparing dinner.
55.The manager wasn’t signing those papers.
56. Were the waiters serving the customers?
57.People love her a lots .
58. No one saw the UFO.
59. What are you looking for?
60. Do your parents like you most?
24. Who hurt the girl?
25. What book did you read?
26.We haven’t used this computer for months.
27. Mai has sung “ Hello”.
28. Vietnamese women continue to wear the unique and fashionable ao dai.
29. They took the old man to hospital.
30. Someone has opened the letter.
31. They should reduce air pollution.
32. They have made every effort to recover the stolen painting.
33. They are repairing this road at the moment.
61.We keep the information on our computer.
62. We should send for the doctor immediately.
61. They might postpone the excursion until Saturday.
62. They are going to announce the exam result tomorrow.
63. They ought to white-wash the building for the celebration.
64. You must attach a birth certificate to the application.
65. Does his company buy machines from Korea?
35. I do exercises evry morning.
36. You ought to tell us the truth.
37. Nobody has solved such a difficult problem.
38.My mother often show me how to do exercises.
39. Hung doesn’t break the windows.
66. Who wrote this book?
67. Don’t let them see you.
68. The police took the thief to the police - station.
69. Tom used to play badminton in the morning.
70. Lan found the key.
40. Someone has broken the windows.
41. No one has ever heard of the news.
42. Have you finished it yet?
43. Has he eaten all of the apples?
44.I can’t see anything.
46. My parents named me Hai.
71. He is having the doctor test his eyes.
72. I had him repair my motorbike.
73. They got me to make the dress.
74. He made them cut the grass.
75. They don’t let the children go to the cinema.