Passive voice (2º Bach)

PASSIVE VOICE (2º Bach)

A. Turn the following sentences into the ACTIVE/PASSIVE voice.

1. Laurel will send me a postcard tomorrow.

2. My best friends are going to visit us soon.

3. They spend more money on food now than 10 years ago.

4. Some students killed a young girl in Berlin last week.

5. Who have you seen today? Who saw you? Who did you see?

6. Luis didn’t show me his new electric guitar when I went to his house.

7. They were breaking into the house when the police arrived.

8. They found a very big machine gun outside the library and returned it to the police.

9. Some people think that UFOs don’t exist.

10. The children were watching their favourite programme on TV when their mother called them.

11. She is fixing the car at the moment. She isn’t cleaning the house.

12. Someone understood me when I spoke

13. Somebody says that Lucila doesn’t remember me.

14. The children didn’t send the letter to their mother

15. Ana Belen isn’t going to forget my pictures.

16. Some of my teachers believe that Sandra and I don’t study as hard as we could.

17. Clara’s father’s dog ate all my smallest birds last week.

18. All the officers are going to offer a medal to the brave soldier next Sunday.

19. Where did she draw the black and blue eagle?

20. The footballers have scored five goals but they haven’t won the match.

21. She has lost her car keys and can’t get to work on time.

22. A fire was being made while I was being given a beautiful present.

23. The instructions have been changed.

24.. Last year 2,000 new units had been produced by the time we introduced the new design.

25. Students are required to wear uniforms at all times.

26. Lunch was being served when we arrived.

27. Lectures are recorded and posted on the Internet.

28. Portuguese has always been spoken in this village.

29. We were told to wait here.

30. Casual clothes must not be worn.

31. This rumor must have been started by our competitors.

B. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE (do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary):

1. My mother bought me a new T-shirt for my birthday, but nobody made a cake.

2. I hope that next year someone will make a cake and that someone will bring me a mountain bike as a present.

3. Someone stole a diamond ring from the jewellery yesterday, but nowadays they don’t steal so many things from jewelleries because of security measures.

4. Passengers read newspapers during the flights but they don’t usually take them home. They just leave them on their seats.

5. We have never seen his girlfriend, but the other day someone told me she was pregnant.

6. They are making a new film about the tragedy of the Twin Peaks.

7. The headmaster asked the students not to bring mobile phones to school.

8. I think Michael Phelps can win four Olympic medals in the next Olympic Games in London.

9. Nobody must eat chewing gums at school, but we don’t have to wear uniforms.

10. Nobody should look at the answers before you finish the exercise.

11. The Red Cross is flying in some more supplies to the areas where the hurricane had destroyed all the houses.

12. Yesterday someone took me for my brother. In fact we are twins.

13. People think Paul Newman is one of the greatest actors of all times.

14. They say Paul Newman and Robert Redford became very close friends after making the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

15. People also know he worked with Elisabeth Taylor.

16. Children used to eat bread and butter for breakfast, but now they usually have cereals and a piece of cake.

17. Fernando Torres scored the winning goal in the final against Germany in the European Championships, but people claim that Iniesta was the best player in the World Cup Final against Holland in South Africa.

18. Police believe someone kidnapped the little girl when she was playing in the park.

19. They say the hurricane will reach the Pacific coast tomorrow morning.

20. ***It’s your duty to do your homework every day.

21. ***It’s your duty to wear helmets if you come to school by motorbike.

22. Students shouldn’t stick chewing gums under the desks or chairs.

23. They are making a birthday cake of fresh fruit.

24. Who wrote Hamlet?

25. Who did the jellyfish sting?

26. People say beavers make huge dams in the rivers.

27. The authorities are to open the new motorway to Granada next year.

28. The owner will not admit teenagers into the restaurant unless their parents accompany them.

29. The postman must have brought this letter before 9 a.m.

30. Did the lawyer read the will in front of all the family?

C. Put the following sentences into the ACTIVE voice.

1. Too little money is spent by the local authorities on recycling.

2. A new motorway to Granada is being built.

3. I had my car washed before going to the wedding.

4. Raúl is said to be very sad because he is not playing for the national team.

5. Casual clothes can be worn at the party, but it is said that most of the men will be wearing red ties.

6. The English teacher was said to have been given a ham leg from Jabugo, but nobody thinks it is true.

7. The bag that was found in the street must be taken to the police station.

8. Who were eight Olympic medals won by?

9. What was the cake made of?

10. The car was found was parked near the area where the computer was found.

11. I’m supposed to load the dishwasher after dinner.

12. I’m going to have the flat tyre replaced in that garage.

13. He will be given a gold watch for his birthday.

14. Where is the bridge going to be built?

15. The murderer is thought to be living in a hut in the mountains.

16. He was kept awake the whole night by the loud music that was played at the disco.

17. Many funny stories were told after lunch.

18. The next Olympic Games will be held in London.

19. The girls were given an interesting book for Christmas.

20. The film will be seen by millions of people.

21. The car where the computer was found was parked opposite the hospital.