EXERCISES 2 _____________________________ Passive Voice

1 – Write the following active sentences in the passive voice.

1. They haven’t stamped the letter.

2. They didn’t pay me for the work.

3. He escaped when they were moving him from one prison to another.

4. She didn’t introduce me to her mother.

5. A frightful crash wakened me at 4 p.m.

6. When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night.

7. They threw away the rubbish.

8. A Japanese firm makes these television sets.

9. An earthquake destroyed the town.

10. A machine could do this much more easily.

11. Visitors must leave umbrellas and sticks in the cloakroom.

12. We ask tenants not to play their radios loudly after midnight.

13. We can’t repair your clock.

14. We cannot exchange articles which customers have bought during the sale.
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15. We have to pick the fruit very early in the morning; otherwise we can’t get it to the market in
time.

16. The police shouldn’t allow people to park there.

17. They are watching my house.

18. The examiner will read the passage three times.

19. Candidates may not use dictionaries.

20. You need not type the letter.

21. They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.

22. They showed her the easiest way to do it.

23. A jellyfish stung her.

24. Most people opposed this.

25. Students are doing a lot of the work.

26. The author has written a special edition for children.

27. Someone will serve refreshments.

28. People must leave bicycles in the hall.

29. They rang the church bell as a flood warning.

30. The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of months.
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31. A rainstorm flooded the gypsies’ camp.

32. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it

33. Someboby had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.

34. We use this room only in special occasions.