Titian couldn’t have painted it as people didn’t wear that style of dress till after his death.. The author has written a special edition for children.[r]
(1)Passive voice 82 Active to passive Put the following into the passive voice: You should open the wine about three hours before you use it Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit We use this room only on special occasions You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission In some districts farmer use pig to find truffles Someone switched on a light and opened the door Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife They are pulling down the old theatre 10 Why didn’t they mend the roof before it fell in? 11 The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots 12 The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning book 13 The police asked each of us about his movement on the night of the crime 14 Someone will server refreshments 15 People must not leave bicycles in the hall 16 Members may keep books for three week After that they must return them 17 The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door 18 I‘ve bought a harp They are delivering it this afternoon (Do not change the first sentence.) 19 Someone has already told him top report for duty at six 20 They rang the church bells as a flood warning 21 No one can anything unless someone gives us more information 22 People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago 23 The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month 24 They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun 25 It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child 26 A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offer 20 pounds reward for him 27 The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine 28 They make these artificial flowers of silk 83 Active to passive Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day Who wrote it? Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed He expected us to offer him a job They showed her the easiest way to it Lightning struck the old oak Titian couldn’t have painted it as people didn’t wear that style of dress till after his death A jellyfish stung her The author has written a special edition for children 10 Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-fever 11 What did he write it with? - He wrote it with a matchstick dipped in blood 12 An uneasy silence succeeded the shot 13 Did the idea interest you? 14 The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle’s will 15 Beavers make these dams Lop11.com (2) 16 They used to start these engines by hand Now they start them by electricity 17 Most people opposed this 18 Students are doing a lot of the work 19 The Prime Minister was to have opened the dry clock 20 They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area (Use should) 21 The closure of the workshops will make a lot of men redundant 22 Anyone with the smallest intelligent could understand these instructions 23 We will not admit children under sixteen 24 Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship 25 A rainstorm flooded the gypsies’ camp 26 The howling of wolves kept him awake all night 27 They suggested making the tests easier (Use should) 28 Children couldn’t have done all this damage 84 Passive to active Turn the following sentences into the active voice Where no agent is mentioned one must be supplied Why don’t you have your eyes tested? (…get an optician to…) This speed limit is to be introduced gradually The runways are being lengthened at all the main reports It is now 6.a.m and at most of the hospital in the country patients are being wakened with cup of tea Byron is said to have lived on vinegar and potatoes By tradition, any sturgeons that are caught by British ships must be offered to the Queen This notice has been altered This owner went away last March and since then their houseboat has been used continuously by squatters (Use a continuous tense and omit continuously.) The damaged ship was being towed into harbour when the towline broke 10 Have a lift put in and then you won’t have to climb up all these stairs 11 Last year the profit of two million pounds was made in the first six months but this was cancelled by a loss co seventeen million pounds which was made in the second six months 12 Evening dress will be worn 13 The ship was put into quarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land 14 Someone will have to be found to take her place 15 He was made to surrender his passport 16 This rumour must have been started by our opponents 17 My paintings are to be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery 18 This scientific theory has now been proved to be false 19 The car which was blown over the cliff yesterday is to be salvaged today 20 The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being entered and the evidence interfered with 21 Why wasn’t the car either locked or put into the garage? 22 It is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads 23 Your money could be put too good use instead of being left idle in the bank 24 For along time the earth was believed to be fat 25 This copy hasn’t been read The pages haven’t been cut 26 The stones were thrown by a student, who was afterwards led away by the police 27 Carrier pigeons are said to have been used by early Egyptian and Greek sailors 28 The referee was being escorted from the football field by a strong police guard Lop11.com (3)