47) People believe that the company is losing a lot of money. 48) He suggested allowing council tenants to buy their houses 49) He doesn’t like people laughing at him. . 50) We added[r]
(1)EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE 1) Julia rescued three cats
2) The students handed in the reports 3) Maria crashed into the blue car 4) Alex learned the poem
5) Steven has forgotten the book
6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder 7) They play handball
8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor 9) The girls had lost the match
10) The teacher is not going to open the window 11) They don't speak English in this shop
12) Kevin asked Dennis a question 13) Somebody built the house last year 14) She gives him a box
15) Max will look after him
16) The waiter brought Fred a big steak
17) Somebody broke into our bungalow last Friday 18) The teacher told us a joke
19) They will meet Doris at the station 20) Michael has not sent me a text message 21) They listen to music
22) She is reading an e-mail 23) They grow coffee in Kenya
24) They publish The Times newspaper in London 25) They make shoes in Calatayud
26) They transport oranges from Valencia to Germany in special crates 27) They are sending the parcel by sea
28) They are destroying the forests in Indonesia 29) The shark ate the man
30) The arsonist started the fire 31) The police took him away 32) They've treated him very well 33) They haven't cleaned the kitchen yet 34) They didn't punish him for what he did 35) I can answer the question
36) She would carry the box 37) You should open the window 38) We might play cards
39) You ought to wash the car 40) He must fill in the form 41) They need not buy bread 42) He could not read the sentence 43) Will the teacher test our English? 44) Could Jenny lock the door? 45) They didn’t give me the money 46) Has anybody told you what to do?
47) People believe that the company is losing a lot of money 48) He suggested allowing council tenants to buy their houses 49) He doesn’t like people laughing at him
50) We added up the money and found out that it was correct
(2)EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE 51) I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more 52) It is your duty to make tea at 11 o’clock (use supposed)
53) We know that the expedition reached the South Pole in May 54) He likes people to call him “sir”
55) They expect the weather will be good tomorrow 56) Don’t touch this switch
57) It is impossible to this (use can’t)
58) You order me about and I’m tired of it (use I’m tired of…) 59) We don’t allow smoking
60) think they should have offered Tom the job
61) They decided to divide the money between the widows of the lifeboatmen 62) (use They decided that the money…)
63) They urged the government to create more jobs 64) You will have to get someone to see it
65) You have to see it to believe it (2 passives) 66) The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30 67) Joanne had to take Sheba to the vet
68) Her condition worried the vet
69) The vet told Joanne to get out of the house 70) The telephone call confused Joanne
71) The police captured the burglar 72) The dog had bitten off his fingers 73) People grow rice in India 74) They are fixing my car today 75) They speak French in Quebec
76) Did Thomas Edison invent the telephone? 77) How people make candles?
78) People should save pandas from extinction 79) People must obey all traffic laws
80) They can pick tomatoes before they are completely ripe
81) Someone should have supplied the hotel guests with clean towels 82) Peter has hurt Bob’s feeling
83) Someone has offered Mike opportunity to study abroad 84) People don’t pay babysisters a lot of money
85) Someone handed me a telegram when I answer the door 86) She has to finish this work today
87) They have reported the accident to the police 88) People say that Mr Henry is 108 years old 89) People believed that she ate ten eggs a day
90) They reported that two people were killed in the explosion 91) They said that he stole 60 dollars
92) They make shoes in that factory
93) People must not leave bicycles in the driveway 94) They built that skyscraper in 1934
95) The students will finish the course by July 96) They are repairing the streets this month 97) They make these tools of plastic
98) They have finished the new product design 99) They were cooking dinner when I arrived 100) Smithers painted 'Red Sunset' in 1986
(3)EXERCISES ON PASSIVE VOICE 101) Did the plan interest you?
102) They had finished the preparations by the time the guests arrived 103) You should take care when working on electrical equipment
104) They are going to perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony next weekend 105) Someone will speak Japanese at the meeting
106) Karen is going to prepare the refreshments 107)