PASSIVE VOICE
The ways to change a sentence into PASSIVE VOICE
Active: S + V + O
Passive: S + (BE) + V
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THE FORMS:
1/ The simple present tense S + AM /IS ARE + V
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2/ The simple past tense S + WAS /WERE + V
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3/ The present perfect tense S + HAVE /HAS + BEEN + V
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4/ The past perfect tense S + HAD + BEEN + V
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5/ The present continuous tense S + AM /IS ARE + BEING + V
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7. Somebody has slashed the picture with a knife.
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8. They are pulling down the old theatre.
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9. Why didn’t they mend the roof before it fell in?
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10. The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots.
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11. Someone will server refreshments.
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12. People must not leave bicycles in the hall.
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13. Members may keep books for three week.
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14. The burglars has cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
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15. I‘ve bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon.
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16. Someone has already told him top report for duty at six.
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17. They rang the church bells as a flood warning.
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18. No one can do anything .
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19. People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago.
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20. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.
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21. They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.

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37. People speak English in almost every corner of the world.
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38. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 p.m.
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39. Luckily for me, they didn’t call my name.
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40. After class, one of the students always erases the chalkboard.
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41. You must clean the wall .
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42. They told the new pupil where to sit.
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43. Nobody treated me with such kindness.
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44. No one believes his story.
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45. We must take good care of books.
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46. We can never find him at home .
1. They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.
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2. This house was built 100 years ago.
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3. These artificial flowers are made of silk.
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4. The lessons are being written by the students now.
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5. This job has to be done at once.

20. He expected us to offer him a job.
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21. They showed her the easiest way to do it.
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22. The author has written a special edition for children.
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23. Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-fever.
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He wrote it with a matchstick dipped in blood.
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24. An uneasy silence succeeded the shot.
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25. Did the idea interest you?
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26. The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle’s will.
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28. Beavers make these dams.
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29. They used to start these engines by hand.
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30. Most people opposed this.
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31. Students are doing a lot of the work.
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32. The Prime Minister have opened the dry clock.
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33. The closure of the workshops will make a lot of men redundant.
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34. Anyone with the smallest intelligent could understand these instructions.
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1. Why didn’t they help him?
2. How many games has the team played?
3. Where do people speak English?
4. Who are they keeping in the kitchen?
5. How can they open this safe?
6. What books are people reading this year?
7. How did the police find the lost man?
8. Who looked after the children for you?
9. How long have they waited for the doctor?
10. What time can the boys hand in their papers?
VII. Sentences with two Objects
1. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books.
2. someone will tell him that news.
3. They had sent enough money to these poor boys.
4. They have given the women in most countries in the world the right to vote.
5. They paid me a lot of money to do the job.
VIII. Sentences with verb of reporting.
1. People believe that 13 is an unlucky number.
2. They rumored that man was still living.
3. They declared that she won the competition.
4. They know that English is an international language.
5. People think that Jack London’s life and writings represent the American love of adventure.
6. They say that John is the brightest student in class.
7. They reported that the President had suffered a heart attack.
8. They think that he has died a natural death.
9. They reported that the troops were coming.
10. People believed that the earth stood still.
IX. Sentence with verbs “Continue and Begin”
1. We’ll continue to use this computer. (This computer will continue to be use)
2. They began to plant rubber trees in big plantations.