Passive voice: The simple present tense Example: The secretary opens the mail every morning. The mail is opened every morning by the secretary.. Passive voice: The Past simple tense Exa
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I Passive voice: The simple present tense
Example: The secretary opens the mail every morning. The mail is opened every morning by the secretary.
1 People don’t use this road very often This road
2 I wash the dishes in the evening The dishes
3 He often does exercises every night Exercises
4 She usually decorates the room at weekends The room
5 Daisy always sings country songs Country songs
6 She often give her sister sweets Her sister
7 Nam and Peter often water these trees.These trees
8 They produce cars in this country Cars
9 We don’t allow smoking in this restaurant Smoking
10 Do pupils clean the room every day? Is
II Passive voice: The Past simple tense Example: To Hoai wrote the story The story was written by To Hoai 1 The waiters cleaned the rooms last night The rooms
2 They caught the elephant again The elephant
3 She bought the watch at the shop The watch
4 They built the house in 1950 The house
5 We did the exercises last week Exercises
6 The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday The letters
7 He learned the lesson two week ago The lesson
8 Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story Kieu story
9 She made the cake last night The cake
10 Daisy washed the dishes last night The dishes
III Passive voice: The future simple tense Example: The army will complete that project next year That project will be completed by the army next year. 1 They won’t punish him He
2 They will ask you a lot of question at the interview You
3 They will give her a new one She
4 Tom will visit his parents next month His parents
5 Some people will interview the new president on TV The new presidents
6 They will finish the work next week The work
7 Somebody will call Mr David tonight Mr David
8 The State will assign our students to different jobs Our students
9 When will you do the work? When
10 He won’t tell me the truth about the situation The truth about the situation
IV Passive voice: The present continuous tense Example: She is cleaning the house The house is being cleaned by her. 1 My friends are eating an orange An orange
2 They are watching the film The film
3 We are doing the exercises The exercise
4 She is cutting the paper right now The paper
5 They are singing the songs in the room The songs
6 We are reading the book now The book
7 The students are discussing the questions The questions
8 My father is repairing my bike My bike
9 She is cooking the meal in the kitchen now The meal
10 About thirty thousand people are watching this program This program
V Passive voice: The past continuous tense
Trang 2Example: She was picking the flowers at 3:00 pm yesterday The flowers were being picked by her at 3:00.pm
yesterday
1 He was painting the house when I came The house
2 The teacher was reading the book when we came The book
3 Mary’s mother was washing the clothes The clothes
4 Her friends were drinking coffee at the cafe Coffee
5 He was boiling the eggs when I saw him The eggs
6 His brother was painting the door The door
7 Thu was waiting for him at the school He
8 We were doing the exercises The exercises
9 They were painting the gate of the school The gate of the school
10 They were doing the bedroom on Friday The bedroom
VI Passive voice: The present perfect tense Example: His boss has transferred him to another department He has been transferred to another department by his boss. 1 They have taken her to the hospital She
2 They have cancelled the meeting The meeting
3 Someone has moved my chair My chair
4 Someone has given him a lot of money He
5 We have invited all the students in the school All the students
6 We have told him not to be late again He
7 Our teachers have explained the English grammar The English grammar
8 Have you finished the above sentences? Have above sentences
9 The police have arrested the mugger The mugger
10 The police have arrested five suspects Five suspects
VII Passive voice: The past perfect tense Example: They had printed the book before 1950 The book had been printed by them before 1950
1 She had mended the bicycle The bicycle
2 They had exported the rice before May The rice
3 I had waited her before I came here She
4 No one had met me before I left I
5 He hadn’t eaten the cakes The cakes
6 They had cleaned the car by 3 p.m The car
7 My friend had bought the house before 1990 The house
8 Had he asked some questions? Had some question
9 I had studied the tenses before May The tenses
10 The school boys had wasted a lot of time A lot of time
VIII Passive voice: Modal verb Example: You should brush our teeth twice a day Our teeth should be brushed twice a day
1 He might have caught the fish The fish
2 She could have washed the dress The dress
3 She is not going to pick many flowers Many flowers
4 Parents should give children a lot of love children
5 You must wash your hands Your hands
6 He can speak four languages Four languages
7 You must keep dogs outside shops Dogs
8 Children should treat old men with respect Old men
9 My classmates used to call me John I
10 He can’t repair my bike My bike
IX Passive voice: Mixed types
Trang 3Exercise 1: Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice.
1 My father waters this flower every morning
2 A stone broke the window
3 The servants didn’t do the work
4 She often takes her dog for a walk
5 The army will complete that project next year
6 They won’t punish him
7 People don’t use this road very often
8 The manager always welcomes new employees
9 We are following them
10 The airplanes are dropping booms
11 The keepers were feeding the lions
12 They have taken her to the hospital
13 They had fastened his whole body to the ground
14 The school boys had wasted a lot of time
15 We write letter to our friend once a week
16 We clean the garages everyday
17 Someone has given him a lot of money
18 The police arrested two hundred people
19 We export this computer to seventy different countries
20 They have cancelled the meeting
21 We have invited all the students in the school
22 They posted all the letters yesterday
23 The police found two children in the forest
24 They will hold a meeting before May Day
25 Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife
26 The teacher is going to tell a story
27 An earthquake destroyed the town
28 He didn’t type the letter last night
29 They will pick me up at my house
30 When did you see him in that bank?
31 My father will take me to Ho Chi Minh City next week
32 A man returned the keys to me
33 Mary will see her friends off at the station
34 Workers were digging a large hole in the ground
35 Countries are finding a way to solve the problem
36 They can't make tea with cold water
37 The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant => 38 Somebody has taken away some of my books =>
39 They will hold the meeting before May Day
40 They have to repair the engineer of the car
41 The boy broke the window and took away some pictures
42 A man I know told me about it
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43 No one believes his story
44 Do they teach English here?
45 Will you invite her to your wedding party?
46 Did the teacher give some exercises?
47 Have they changed the window of the laboratory?
48 Is she making big cakes for the party?
49 Why didn't they help him?=>
50 You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 pm=>
51 You must clean this machine very time you use it
52 Someone will drive your car to London on Tuesday
53 They will send you your examination results when they are ready
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54 In this August, They will build a new house
55 The teacher can give him good marks because he is an excellent
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56 Someone will serve soft drinks =>
57 Tolstoy wrote “War and Peace”.=>
58 Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet”
59 Hemingway didn’t write “Hamlet”
60 Someone built that house in 1930
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61 They opened the factory at 9 o’clock
62 They posted all letter yesterday
63 We invited fifty people to the party
64 Last night someone broke into our house
65 Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival
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66 They held the festival in the communal house yard
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67 The council leader awarded the first prize to Mekong team
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68 Someone will translate this letter into Vietnamese
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69 Alexander Bain invented the facsimile in 1843
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70 They dry the beans in the sun
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