Passive Verbs Forms
Change
the verb to the active voice and rewrite the sentence. Bes sure to keep the
same tense. In cases, it will be necessary to supply a subject (see the second
examples).
1.
The books were taken by John.
John
took the books
2.
The boxes were mailed today.
He
mailed the boxes today
3.
The two packages were opened by my
secretary.
My
secretary opened the two packages.
4.
Our homework is corrected by our teacher
Our
teacher is corrects our homework
5.
Two buildings have been constructed by
that company
That
company have been constructed two building
6.
That room wasn’t cleaned carefully
yesterday
She
didn’t carefully clean that room yesterday
7.
The truck is being loaded by the men now
The
men is loading the truck now
8.
Was that machine checked by the
inspector ?
Did
the inspector checked that machine ?
9.
Will that report be written by the same
committee ?
Will
the same committee write that report ?
10.
Has the news been announced by the
president yet ?
Has
The President been announced the news yet ?
11.
The mail is delivered to this office
twice a day
He
delivers the mail to this office twice a day
12.
All of us were surprised by his frank
attitude
He
surprises all of us with his frank attitude
13.
Was the repair work done by that
mechanic ?
Did
that mechanic do the repair work ?
14.
He wasn’t very much respected by the
employees
The
employees didn’t very much respect him
15.
Are many courses in English given during
the summer ?
Is
the teacher give many courses during the summer ?
Change the verb to the
passive voice and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the same tense.
1.
He signed the letter
The
letter as signed by him
2.
The secretary opens the mail every
morning
The
mail is opened by the secretary every morning
3.
The committee is considering that
proposal right now
That
proposal is being considered by the committee right now
4.
The army will complete that project next
year
That
project will be completed by the army next year
5.
His boss has transferred him to another
department
He
has been transferred by his boss to another department
6.
Will the company distribute the
announcements ?
Will
the announcement be distributed by the company ?
7.
An artist wrote that interesting article
about Paris
That interesting
article about Paris was written by the Artist
8.
Today a large number of people speak
English
English
is spoke by a large number of people
9.
Didn’t they return those books to the
library ?
Was
those books returned by them to the library ?
10.
The government has not changed that
regulation yet
That
regulation has not been changed by the government yet
11.
Someone stole all her valuable jewelry
last night
All her valuable
jewelry was stolen by someone last night
12.
Miss Peters wrote all of the reports for
Mr. Johnson
All
of the reports for Mr. Johnson was written by Miss Peters
13.
Bad weather has delayed Flight 202 from
Miami
Flight
202 from Miami has been delayed because the bad weather
14.
Did the court divide the money among the
children ?
The
money divided among the children by the court ?
15.
Many scholars have translated that
famous Greek epic
That
famous Greek epic has been translated by many scholars
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