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English Exercises

PASSIVE VOICE

I. Passive voice: Mixed types

Exercise 1 : Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice.

1. My father waters this flower every morning. ........................................................................................

2. A stone broke the window. ....................................................................................................................

3. The servants didn’t do the work. ...........................................................................................................

4. She often takes her dog for a walk. .......................................................................................................

5. The army will complete that project next year. .....................................................................................

6. They won’t punish him. .........................................................................................................................

7. People don’t use this road very often. ...................................................................................................

8. The manager always welcomes new employees. ..................................................................................

9. We are following them. .........................................................................................................................

10. The airplanes are dropping booms. .......................................................................................................

11. The keepers were feeding the lions. ......................................................................................................

12. They have taken her to the hospital. ......................................................................................................

13. They had fastened his whole body to the ground. .................................................................................

14. The school boys had wasted a lot of time. ............................................................................................

15. We write letter to our friend once a week. .............................................................................................

16. We clean the garages everyday. .............................................................................................................

17. Someone has given him a lot of money.................................................................................................

18. The police arrested two hundred people. ...............................................................................................

19. We export this computer to seventy different countries. .......................................................................

20. They have cancelled the meeting. .........................................................................................................

21. We have invited all the students in the school. ......................................................................................

22. They posted all the letters yesterday. .....................................................................................................

23. The police found two children in the forest. ..........................................................................................

24. They will hold a meeting before May Day. ...........................................................................................

25. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife. ..........................................................................................

26. The teacher is going to tell a story. ........................................................................................................

27. An earthquake destroyed the town. .......................................................................................................

28. He didn’t type the letter last night. ........................................................................................................

29. They will pick me up at my house. ........................................................................................................

30. When did you see him in that bank? .....................................................................................................

31. My father will take me to Ho Chi Minh City next week. ......................................................................

32. A man returned the keys to me. .............................................................................................................

33. Mary will see her friends off at the station. ...........................................................................................

34. Workers were digging a large hole in the ground. .................................................................................

35. Countries are finding a way to solve the problem. ................................................................................

36. They can't make tea with cold water..........................................................................................................

37. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plant................................................................

38. Somebody has taken away some of my books...........................................................................................

39. They will hold the meeting before May Day.............................................................................................

40. They have to repair the engineer of the car................................................................................................

41. The boy broke the window and took away some pictures........................................................................

42. A man I know told me about it...................................................................................................................

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