Passive Voice

THE PASSIVE VOICE (11) ‘All Tenses + Modals’ | Rewrite the following sentences with the words given: 1. Leila has broken the toy. The toy_______________________________ 2. Someone steals the eggs from the basket. The eggs_______________________________ 3. Someone is looking for a baby sitter. A baby sitter ____________________________ 4. She used to take the children to the zoo. The children _______________________________________ 5. You must write to him immediately. He ______________________________________ 6. Nobody appreciated the product. The product __________________________________ 7. Someone will translate the book into Arabic. The book _________________________________________ 8. Someone has prepared a hot dog for you. You ________________________________________ 9. Someone has to send an e-mail to her soon. She __________________________________________ 10. The neighbours had put out the fire. The fire ________________________________________________ 11. Something had blocked the door. The door _______________________________________ 12. They asked the boys several questions. The boys ________________________________________________ 13. They could not find the missing dog. The missing dog _______________________________ 14. She left the letter on the table. The letter _____________________________________________ 15. They have been gazing at her. She ________________________________________ 16. Did they bring the horse down here? Was ______________________________________________ ? 17. He told us a horrible story. We ______________________________________________ 18. Some people are painting the garden gate. The garden gate __________________________________________ 19. They ought to cut this tree down. This tree __________________________________________

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20. They often misunderstand her. She ______________________________________________________ 21. They sent the parcel to the wrong address. The parcel _________________________________________ 22. Have they arrested the burglar yet? Has ____________________________________________________? 23. He will be changing all the tires. All the tires ____________________________________________ 24. Nobody has ever read that book. That book ____________________________________________ 25. Someone had been locking the door when we arrived. The door _________________________________________________ 26. They were testing me for a driving licence. I ___________________________________________________ 27. Cigarette ends can often cause fires. Fires ______________________________________________________ 28. Haven't they laid the table yet? Hasn’t _____________________________________________? 29. She enjoys people praising her. She __________________________________________________ 30. You ought to have done this quiz earlier. This quiz ___________________________________________________ [FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY]

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THE PASSIVE VOICE (KEY) ‘All Tenses + Modals’ | Correction: 1. Leila has broken the toy. The toy has been broken. 2. Someone steals the eggs from the basket. The eggs are stolen from the basket. 3. Someone is looking for a baby sitter. A baby sitter is being looked for. 4. She used to take the children to the zoo. The children used to be taken to the zoo. 5. You must write to him immediately. He must be written to immediately. 6. Nobody appreciated the product. The product was not appreciated. 7. Someone will translate the book into Arabic. The book will be translated into Arabic. 8. Someone has prepared a hot dog for you. You have been prepared a hot dog. (A hot dog has been prepared for you) 9. Someone has to send an e-mail to her soon. She has to be sent an e-mail soon. (An e-mail has to be sent to her) 10. The neighbours had put out the fire. The fire had been put out by the neighbours. 11. Something had blocked the door. The door had been blocked. 12. They asked the boys several questions. The boys were asked several questions. 13. They could not find the missing dog. The missing dog could not be found. 14. She left the letter on the table. The letter was left on the table. 15. They have been gazing at her. She has been being gazed at.

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This tree ought to be cut down. 20. They often misunderstand her. She is often misunderstood. 21. They sent the parcel to the wrong address. The parcel was sent to the wrong address. 22. Have they arrested the burglar yet? Has the burglar been arrested yet? 23. He will be changing all the tires. All the tires will be being changed. 24. Nobody has ever read that book. That book has never been read. 25. Someone had been locking the door when we arrived. The door had been being locked when we arrived. 26. They were testing me for a driving licence. I was being tested for a driving licence. 27. Cigarette ends can often cause fires. Fires can often be caused by cigarette ends. 28. Haven't they laid the table yet? Hasn’t the table been laid yet? 29. She enjoys people praising her. She enjoys being praised. 30. You ought to have done this quiz earlier. This quiz ought to have been done earlier [FOR CLASSROOM USE ONLY] Abdessalami On_Line

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