ACTIVE AND PASSIVE
VOICE
A. Change the following sentences into the passive voice:
1.One finds metals in the earth.
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2.One keeps food in a refrigerator.
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3.We buy bread and cakes at the baker's.
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4.People send lots of cards at Christmas.
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5.We turn on the lights when it's dark.
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6.We study many subjects at school.
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7.One can't see the cathedral from here.
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8.Someone carried my luggage to the train station.
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9.Someone broke the sink in the kitchen.
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10.People use bricks and cement for building houses.
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11.Someone took my E novels away.
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12.They are building a better hospital in our village.
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13.No one punished that naughty boy.
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29.Somebody opened the window.
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30.My father has seen him.


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31.My parents took us to the circus yesterday.
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32.We laughed at him.
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33.Parents take care of their children.
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34.My employer sold me this car.
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35.We have not answered our boss's question.
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36.We can not trust her, she's a liar!
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37.Our grandmother often tells us fables.
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38.We dig out coal from the earth.
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39.Have your parents forgiven you?
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40.The policeman forbade us to play in the street.
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41.He made these things by hand.
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42.A car ran over a boa.
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55.They may send the man to prison.
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56.We must do something now.
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57.I don't like people staring at me.
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58.I can't stand people telling me what to do.
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II.Change the following sentences in to the active voice:
1.E is spoken by E people.
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2.Glasses are worn by blind people.
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3.Is whisky drunk by school - children in VN?
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4.Dinner was not served by mother.
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5.Hats and coats were left in the hall.
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6.Will dinner be cooked by the boy - scouts?
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7.A cat and a dog are keep as pets by our children.
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8.Eggs are not laid by a rooster.
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9Wool is given by sheep.
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10.The ewe is sheared by the shearer.