Where there is an indirect and a direct object, make the indirect object the subject of the passive verb.. They gave her a clock.[r]
(1)Active to passive 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 farmers use pigs 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 books 13 The police asked each of us about his movements on the night of the crime
14 Someone will serve refreshments
15 People must not leave bicycles in the hall
16 Members may keep books for three weeks 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 to 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 offered Ј20 reward for him 27 The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine
28 They make these artificial flowers of silk
Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary Where there is an indirect and a direct object, make the indirect object the subject of the passive verb They gave her a clock
She was given a clock
The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be + past participle: They advised employing part-time workers
They advised that part-time workers should be employed 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 the 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
(2)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
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 dock
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 intelligence 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
Conditional sentences: type 3
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you The ground was very soft But for that, my horse (win) If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat
You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) here last week But for his quickness I (be) killed
I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes If he had slipped he (fall) 500 metres
If he had asked you, you (accept)?
If I (had) a map I would have been all right
10 If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a cake 11 I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill 12 If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you
13 If I (realize) what a bad driver you were I wouldn't have come with you 14 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop)
15 But for the fog we (reach) our destination ages ago
16 If you had told me that he never paid his debts I (not lend) him the money 17 If you (not sneeze) he wouldn't have known that we were there
18 If you (put) some mustard in the sandwiches they would have tasted better 19 The hens (not get) into the house if you had shut the door
20 If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) to swim across it 21 If you (speak) more slowly he might have understood you
22 If he had known the whole story he (not be) so angry
23 I shouldn't have eaten it if I (know) that there was ginger in it 24 If I (try) again I think that I would have succeeded
25 You (not get) into trouble if you had obeyed my instructions
26 If you hadn't been in such a hurry you (not put) sugar into the sauce instead of salt 27 If I (be) ready when he called he would have taken me with him
28 She had a headache; otherwise she (come) with us
29 If she had listened to my directions she (not turn) down the wrong street
30 If you (look) at the engine for a moment you would have seen what was missing 31 Rome (be captured) by her enemies if the geese hadn't cackled
32 He would have been arrested if he (try) to leave the country 33 I (take) a taxi if I had realized that it was such a long way
(3)