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