Bài Tập Tiếng Anh

PASSIVE VOICE 2

I. Put these sentences into the passive voice.
Should they help Jane with the sewing?

Must we finish the test before ten?

They use a computer to do that job nowadays.

The bank manager kept me for half an hour.

They used to drink beer for breakfast in England years ago

They were cleaning the floor when I arrived.

The pollution in the city was affecting people’s breathing.

Where did they hold the 1988 Olympic Games?

They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.

10. People say that Arthur robbed a bank a long time ago. (2)

11. We believe that he has special knowledge which may be useful to the police. (2)

12. They rumored the man was still living.
- The man.........................................................................................................................
13. They declared that she won the competition.
- She................................................................................................................................


II. Write the sentences in another way, beginning as shown.
1. Someone reported that the situation was under control.
The situation
2. It is said that she works 16 hours a day.
She
3. Everyone expects that the soap opera will end next year.
The soap opera
4. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall.
The prisoner
5. It is reported that two people were injured in the explosion.
Two people

III. Complete the sentences, using the causative form.
1. David went to the hospital. A nurse bandaged his arm.
He had his arm ...........................................................................................................................
2. Daniel is going to the dentist- He is going to fill his tooth.
He is going to have the dentist ...........................................................................................................................
3. I didn’t recognize Sheila. The hairdresser’s dyed her hair.
She’s had her hair ............................................................................................................
4. I’ve been getting a lot annoying phone calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number.
So I’m going to get the telephone company ............................................................................................................
5. Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago but she’s much better now. In fact the doctors should be taking the plaster off tomorrow.
Gabrielle should be having the plaster ............................................................................................................
6. Since Rowland made a lot of money, he’s not content with his little cottage, so an architect’s designed him a fine new house.
Rowland has had an architect ............................................................................................................
7. This room gets too hot when the sun shines so I’m getting someone to fit blinds on the windows.
I’m having blinds ............................................................................................................
8. Anne is walking around town while her photos are being developed.
Anne is getting her photos ............................................................................................................
9. We don’t really know what Shakespeare looked like. I wish he had asked someone to paint his portrait before he died.
I wish Shakespeare had had his portrait ............................................................................................................
10. My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose so she decided to go to a clinic for an operation to have it ............................................................................................................

IV. Put these sentences into the passive voice.
My mother usually let me participate in social activities.

They never let their children make important decisions alone.

The police let him leave after they had asked him some questions.

Their friendliness made visitors change attitudes to Vietnamese people.

The exam is coming so the teachers make their students study a lot.

I often get my brother to wash my motorbike.

Whenever she has free time, she gets me to pull up her grey hair.

I don’t understand this sentence so I have my friend translate it.

They had a mechanic repair their car.

V. Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
1. We have to test these products, (be)

2. A Belgian called Etienne Lenoir made the first motor car. (by)
..............................................................................................................................................
3. Nigel’s passport was taken away from him by the police, (took)
..............................................................................................................................................
4. They pay babysitters a lot of money, (are)
...............................................................................................................................................
5. I hope they’ll interview me for the job. (to)
..............................................................................................................................................
6. A mechanic is repairing Judy’s car. (having)
..............................................................................................................................................
7. Tessa lost her way, (got)
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8. Everyone agreed that the plan should go ahead, (it)
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9. When did they decorate your kitchen? (get)
..............................................................................................................................................
10. They believe that he is living abroad, (be