Exercise 2: Rewrite the following sentences using Passive Voice
1. People speak English in almost every corner of the world nowadays.
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2. It’s high time someone told her to stop behaving like a child.
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3. My mother sent us a lot of moon cakes.
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4. My teacher gave me an interesting book.
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5. Ha has to finish the exercises in this book before 9 pm.
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6. The principal may use this room this year.
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7. You must clean the wall before you paint it.
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8. You should pay your bill before you leave the hotel.
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9. You mustn’t touch this button while the experiment is in progress.
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10. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
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A) Rewrite the following the sentences using the passive voice
1)Everyone knows that fruit and vegetables are high in water content
that fruit and vegetables are known to be high in water content
2)Mr.and Mrs.philips didn't buy aanything from the supermaket
nothing was bought from the supermaket by Mr.and Mrs.philips
3)They first published this book in 1867
this book was first published in 1867
4)What did they say about the accident?
What was said about the accident?
5)They saw the President leave by the back door
the President was seen to leave by the back door
6)The nurse gave the patient a robe to put on
the patient was given a robe to put onby the nurse
7)the waiters didn't seat any of the guests till after the orchestra played the national anthem
none of the guests was seated by the waiters till after the orchestra played the national anthem
8)Mike will send flowers to Jane ,who is in hopital
flowers will be sent to Jane ,who is in hopital, by mike
9)the government provided the refugess with food
the refugess were provided with food by the government
10)Who designed this building?
Who was this building designed by?
11)the painter is spraying paint on the door with a spray gun
paint is being sprayed on the door with a spray gun by the painter
12)the hurricane has totally destroyed the town
the town has totally been destroyed by the hurricane
13)we could have taken the car to the garage today
the car could have beentaken to the garage today
14)the children are going to organise a surprise party
a surprise party is going to be organised by the children
15)local authorities hope that people will recycle more of their garbage
people are hoped to recycle more of their garbage by local authorities
16)the caring parent Foundation organised a tv debate last week.the guest discussed violence in folms.
a tv debate was organised by the caring parent Foundation last week. violence in films was discussed by the guests
A) Rewrite the following the sentences using the passive voice
1)Everyone knows that fruit and vegetables are high in water content
-> Fruit and vegetables are known to be high in water content.
2)Mr.and Mrs.philips didn't buy aanything from the supermaket
-> Nothing was bought from the supermarket by Mr. and Mrs. Philips.
3)They first published this book in 1867
-> This book was first published in 1867.
4)What did they say about the accident?
-> What was said about the accident?
5)They saw the President leave by the back door
-> The President was seen to leave by the back door.
6)The nurse gave the patient a robe to put on
-> The patient was given a robe to put on by the nurse.
7)the waiters didn't seat any of the guests till after the orchestra played the national anthem
-> None of the guests were seated by the waiters till after the national anthem was played by the orchestra.
8)Mike will send flowers to Jane ,who is in hopital
-> Flowers will be sent to Jane, who is in hospital, by Mike.
9)the government provided the refugess with food
-> The refugees were provided with food by the government.
10)Who designed this building?
-> Whom was this building designed by?
11)the painter is spraying paint on the door with a spray gun
-> Paint is being sprayed on the door by the painter with a spray gun.
12)the hurricane has totally destroyed the town
-> The town has been totally destroyed by the hurricane.
13)we could have taken the car to the garage today
-> The car could have been taken to the garage today.
14)the children are going to organise a surprise party
-> A surprise party is going to be organised by the children.
15)local authorities hope that people will recycle more of their garbage
-> It is hoped that people will recycle more of their garbage by local authorities.
16)the caring parent Foundation organised a tv debate last week.the guest discussed violence in folms.
-> A TV debate was organised last week by the Caring Parents Foundation. The guest discussed violence in folms (???).