Passive voice exercise

PASSIVE VOICE

EXERCISE 1: Change the active into the passive.

1. Bill will invite Ann to the party.
- Ann……………………………..
2. I didn`t write that letter.
- That letter………………………
3. Hundreds of people visit the White House everyday.
- The White House………………………………….
4. Everyone doesn`t know this fact very well.
- This fact………………………………………….
5. Do you wash the dishes everyday?
- Are………………………………………………?

EXERCISE 2: Change the active into the passive.

1. Shakespeare wrote that play.
- That play…………………………………………
2. Does Jackson give that lecture?
- Is …………………………………………………?
3. They will send you the money at the end of the month.
- You………………………………………………….
4. People speak Spanish in many countries.
- Spanish……………………………………………
5. The children often read stories in the evening.
- Stories…………………………………………….
EXERCISE 3: Change the active into the passive.

1. Alice didn`t make that cake.
- That cake…………………………………….
2. They buy newspapers everywhere in the city.
- Newspapers …………………………………
3.That company will publish a textbook next year.
- A textbook ………………………………………….
4. She delivers milk at about six o’clock .
- Milk …………………………………………………
5. Somebody cleans the room everyday.
- The room ………………………………………….
EXERCISE 4: Change the active into the passive.

1. A man asked me several difficult questions at the interview.
- I ……………………………………………………..
2. They will probably send him back to Britain.
- He …………………………………………………
3. Now people find this kind of bird in only a few remote places in Scotland.
- This kind of bird ……………………………………
4. They grow rice in the north.
- Rice ………………………………………………..
5. We don`t raise cows on our farm.
- Cows ………………………………………………..

EXERCISE 5: Change the active into the passive.

1. People used oil-lamps years ago.
- Oil-lamps ……………………………………………….
2. The boss will meet him tomorrow in the restaurant.
- He ………………………………………………………
3. The old woman feeds fowls twice a day.
- The fowls ………………………………………………
4. Does he often clean the windows?
- Are……………………………………………………….?
5. She doesn`t grow any trees in her garden.
- Trees ……………………………………………………..

EXERCISE 6: Change the active into the passive.

1. The company will give him some money when he retires
- When he retires, he ……………………………………
2. They took it back to the zoo.
- It ……………………………………………………………
3. Someone picks the fruits everyday.
- Fruits………………………………………………………..
4. Does the girl do the housework?
- Is …………………………………………………………..?
5. They don`t drive out the cattle to the field in the winter.
- The cattle…………………………………………………

EXERCISE 7: Change the active into the passive.

1. The club bought him 2 years ago for a fee of $20 000.
- He …………………………………………………………..
2. I’ll meet her at the airport.
- She …………………………………………………………
3. Japan makes a lot of cars.
- Cars…………………………………………………………
4. They don`t keep cows over there.
- Cows ………………………………………………………
5. Does machine do most of the farm work?
- Is …………………………………………………………?


EXERCISE 8: Change the active into the passive.

Somebody cleans the room everyday.
- The room ……………………………………………….
They cancelled all the flights because of fog.
- All the flights ………………………………………………..
People do not use this road very often.
- This road ……………………………
How do people learn languages?
- How …………………………………….
People advised us not to go out alone.
- We ………………………………………………
They are going to build a supermarket next year.
- A supermarket ………………………………………….
She is using the computer at the moment.
- The computer ………………………………………………
They are opening a new ring road round the city.
- A new ring road ………………………………………………..
They have built a big hospital which costs much money.
- A big hospital …………………………………………………..
The girl did not give me the money.
- I ………………………………………………………………..
- The money ………………………………………………….
A man asked me several difficult questions at the interview.
- I ………………………………………………………..
Nobody told me the story.
- I …………………………………………….
- The story ………………………………………….
About 30 million people are watching this program.
- This program …………………………………………………
They are building some new houses down the street.
- Some new houses ……………………………………………….
They have moved nothing in your room.
- Nothing ……………………………………………….
People used oil-lamps years ago.
- Oil-lamps ……………………………………………….
When did they open that hospital?
- When ………………………………………………………
The atmosphere protects the earth from harmful radiation from the sun.
- The earth …………………………………………………..
Did anyone see you come in?
- Were you ………………………………………………………?
He hates people staring at him.
- He hates being ………………………………………….
Someone will tell her which bus to catch.
- She ………………………………………………………….
Thieves broke into the house.
- The house ………………………………………………………..
His mother