PASSIVE (U10)
I/ Change these sentences into the passive voice
1. Somebody has robbed the bank near our house.
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2. Somebody told me to wait outside.
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3. Somebody has driven them to the airport.
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4. They will complete the new high way from north to south next year.
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5. My aunt made this sweater for her son.
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6. The television station has broadcast all the 22nd Sea-Games competitions.
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7. My teacher asked me to be here at 10 am.
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9. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.
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10. She makes coffee for her parents every day.
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II/ Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct active or passive voice
1. Last night my favorite program________________ (interrupt) by a special news bulletin.
2. When I______________ (arrive) at the airport yesterday, I______________ (meet) by my cousin and a couple of friends.
3. Kim______________ (write) this composition last week. That one _____________ (write) by Phi.
4. I don’t have my bicycle today. It’s with the repairman. It______________ (repair) right now.
5. Someone has bought the small lot behind my house and a new house_______________ (build) on it next year.
6. A: Do you understand the explanation in the book?
B: No, I don’t. I_______________ (confuse).
7. A: When____________ your bike_______________ (steal)?
B: Two days ago.
8. A:__________ you_____________ (pay) your electricity yet?
B: No. I haven’t. but I’d better pay it today. If I don’t, my electricity supply ______________ (shut off) by the power company.
9. A: Did you hear about the accident?
B: No. What________________ (happen)?
A: A bicyclist_____________ (hit) by a taxi in front of the dorm.
B: ___________ the bicyclist______________ (injure)?
A: Yes. He_______________ (take) to City Hospital.
10. The Eiffel Tower_____________ (be) in Paris, France. It_____________ (visit) by millions of people every year. It_______________ (design) by Alexandre Eiffel (1832-1923). It_______________ (erect) in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it_______________ (be) the most famous landmark in Paris. Today it______________ (recognize) by people throughout the world.
Change these sentences into the passive voice
1. People should send their complaints to the main office.
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2. Somebody might steal your car if you had left the keys in it.
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3. A short circuit could cause the fire.
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4. Lan is going to invite her friends to her birthday party.
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5. Lien couldn’t open the door of the classroom.
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6. They should announce that news as soon as possible.
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7. Phong has to return the scientific book to the library.
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8. People must repair that old building.
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9. The government will rebuild the memorial monument.
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10. The students may elect Phong their leader.
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11. The teacher won’t accept papers written in pencils.
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12. The athletes might visit some interesting places after Sea-Games.
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13. Lan’s parents have to clean up their house before Tet holidays.
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14. The principal might interview her.
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15. They must keep fruit in the fridge for long.
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Change these sentences into the passive voice
1. Nobody sent us any tickets.
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2. Has someone decorated my bedroom?
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3. Did anything disturb you in the night?
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4. Nobody has invited her to the party.
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5. She teaches grammar and writing.
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6. People say that you send your application form to the university.
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7. They elect Thu the leader of the group.
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8. I don’t see anyone in the house.
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9. Lan bought her brother some comic books.
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10. The students don’t play video games on the weekend.
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11. They believed that he went abroad to study English.
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III. Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using `somebody/ people/ they` etc, write a passive sentence.
1. Someone introduced me to Dr Felix last year.
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2. People are destroying large areas of `forest every day.
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3. Somebody has bought the land next to our house.
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4. `Somebody had already reported the accident before I phoned.
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5. People were using the