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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