Passives

Change the following sentences into passive. Use the agent only when it is absolutely necessary-

1. Somebody bought the house two years ago.
2. My friends are repairing the car.
3. Most students speak English in this class.
4. An elderly couple sheltered her during the storm.
5. A policeman helped him to repair his motorcycle.
6. Nobody can mend this broken chair.
7. They carried him into the hospital in an ambulance.
8. They are going to pay the translator tomorrow.
9. Someone had painted the door in red
10. They are interviewing the students tomorrow
11. Lots of people have used this computer.
12. You can buy stamps here.
13. Two men were teaching her to surf the internet
14. Are they typing the letters?.
15. They have not taken the car into the garage.
16. Someone has spilt some milk on the carpet.
17. Did anyone answer your question?.
18. They showed me the cathedral after the mass.
19. They told the children to leave the room.
20. They allowed her to go to the dining room.
21. They didn't tell me the truth.
22. Someone will give you a new notebook.
23. Someone is teaching him English.
24. They had offered me a job.
25. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
26. They add the sound-track of the film after they finish filming it.
27. Scientists are studying the “greenhouse effect” all over the world now
28. The UN is sending food to the starving refugees.
29. They will bury the climber at the foot of Mount Everest.
30. You must sterilize a baby’s bottle to kill germs.
31. To make tea, you must boil the water and pour it onto the tea-leaves.
32. The mechanics were fixing my car when I phoned.
33. They crush sugar-cane in order to release the sugary juice
34. The milkman brings the milk to my door.
35. They haven’t told me the truth.
36. People steal things from supermarkets everyday.
37. An ambulance took the man to the hospital
38. You can’t wash this dress. You must dry-clean it.
39. They are demolishing the whole theatre.
40. They gave him a golden watch for his retirement.

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