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Passives Voice Exercises 4

Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Some of the sentences are active and some are passive. Use any appropriate tense.

1. You (notify)

will be notified by my secretary next week. didn!t remember to lock my front door. by the %istorical &ociety.

2. Last night I (remember, not)

". #t the $resent time, the oldest house in town (restore)

'hen the restoration is finished, the house is sure to be a $o$ular tourist attraction. (. 'hat a beautiful old wooden chest) It (build) by my grandfather o*er fifty years ago. by dinasaurs. &ome dinasaurs (walk) on as tall as $alm trees.

+. #t one time, the entire world (rule) their hind legs and (stand)

,. -isneyland is a world famous amusement $ark in &outhern .alifornia. It (*isit) by more than ten million $eo$le e*ery year. /. 0any of us take water for granted in our daily li*es, but $eo$le who li*e in the desert (use, not) water carelessly. 1o them, each dro$ is $recious. 2. I (agree, not) do you think3 4. -o you really think that we (in*ade) future3 15. 0ost insects (li*e) "5 days. 11. (You, acce$t, already) scholarshi$3
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with $eo$le who say s$ace ex$loration is a waste of money. 'hat

by creatures from outer s$ace in the near

for less than a year. 1he common housefly (li*e) from 14 to

by this uni*ersity when you heard about the other

www.grammarbank.com 12. I got into a taxi 6uickly because I (follow) into the taxi, I (feel) a little safer. by $eo$le who li*ed h7ndreds by two strange men. #s soon as I got

1". 1he im$act of the earth6uake yesterday (feel) of kilometers from the e$icenter. 1(. 'hen #lex was only ten, his father (die) 1+. 0ark (influence) and think for himself. 1,. # few days ago, my car (steal) %e (catch) a dri*e, but now he!s in a lot of trouble. .

a lot by his friends, isn!t he3 %e should be more inde$endent

by one of the teenagers in my neighborhood.

by the $olice a few blocks from my house. %e 8ust wanted to take it for

1/. 1he examination $a$ers are scored by machine. 1he students (tell) results next week. 12. 1he $ro8ect got finished early. 1he committee (com$lete) ahead of schedule. 14. 1he teacher (assist)

their

its work three weeks

by two graduate students during the exam yesterday. . %e

25. -uring the family celebration, the little boy was crying because he (ignore) needed some attention, too. 21. 'here (buy, you) I (buy, not) 22. &oon after I (a$$ly) . 2". 1he crocodiles at the ;oo look like statues. 1hey (lie) regularly by the ;ookee$ers. that beautiful necklace3 it. It (gi*e)

to me for my birthday. (like, you) it3

for a 8ob with the 9nited :ations two years ago, I (hire)

$erfectly still for hours at

a time. 1hey ha*e no need to mo*e because they don!t ha*e to hunt for their food. 1hey (feed)

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