Key to passives
1. The house was bought two years ago.
2. The car is being repaired
3. English is spoken in this class
4. She was sheltered by an elderly couple during the storm.
5. He was helped to repair his motorcycle
6. This broken chair can’t be mended
7. He was carried into the hospital in an ambulance
8. The translator is going to be paid tomorrow.
9. The door had been painted in red
10. The students are being interviewed tomorrow
11. This computer has been used by lots of people
12. Stamps can be bought here
13. She was being taught to surf the internet
14. Are the letters being taped?
15. The car hasn’t been taken into the garage
16. Some milk has been split on the carpet
17. Was your question answered?
18. I was shown the cathedral after the mass
19. The children were told to leave the room
20. She was allowed to go to the dining room
21. I wasn’t told the truth
22. You will be given a new notebook
23. He is being taught English
24. I had been offered a job
25. An enormous hole had been cut in the steel door
26. The sound-track of the film was added after they ….
27. The greenhouse effect is being studied all over the world.
28. Food is being sent to the starving refugees by the UN
29. The climber will be buried at the foot of Mount Everest
30. A baby’s bottle must be sterilized to kill germs
31. To make tea, the water must be boiled and poured onto the tea-leaves.
32. My car was being fixed when I phoned
33. Sugar-crane is crushed in order to release the sugary juice
34. The milk is brought to my door.
35. I haven’t been told the truth
36. Things are stolen from supermarkets everyday
37. The man was taken to the hospital
38. This dress can’t be washed. It must be dry-cleaned
39. The whole theatre is being demolished
40. He was given a golden watch for his retirement.
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