passive voice exercises (1)

1)

Change the following sentences into the passive voice. 

Example :

The manager is signing the cheques.

The cheques are being signed by the manager. 

1.

The maid is sweeping the broken pieces of glass.

2.

The police have solved most of the crimes this year.

3.

Only a few of us attended the spiritual talk.

4.

The gardener sweeps and mops the hall once a week.

5.

Mrs Lim is boiling the sweet potatoes at the moment.

6.

The authorities will launch a cleanliness campaign in the park.

7.

We will work out the details of the agreement within a week.

8.

No one responded to the call to donate blood.

9.

The good Samaritan helped the blind man cross the road.

10.

The salesman is driving Danny's new car out of the garage.

2)

Choose the appropriate variant for each sentence. 

1.

A party ______ to celebrate their victory.

a.

had held

b.

holds

c.

was held

d.

was to hold

2.

What questions _____ you _____ at the interview ?

a.

were ... asking

b.

were ... asked

c.

are ... being asked

d.

have ... ask

3.

A book on archaeology _____ by the famous professor.

a.

wrote

b.

has written

c.

was written

d.

writes

4.

You ______ to the manager's office.

a.

have taken

b.

will take

c.

will be taking

d.

will be taken

5.

I _____ an invitation to a party.

a.

am giving

b.

have been given

c.

have given

d.

will give

6.

_____ the room _____ yet ?

a.

Is ... cleaning

b.

Has ... cleaned

c.

Has ... been cleaned

d.

Was ... cleans

7.

These curtains and cushion covers ______ by my mother.

a.

have sewn

b.

is sewing

c.

had been sewn

d.

can sew

8.

All the figures and calculations ______ thoroughly.

a.

should check

b.

should be checking

c.

should have checked

d.

should be checked

9.

A joke ______ seriously.

a.

is not taken

b.

is not to take

c.

is not to be taken

d.

is not taking

10.

These books ______ to us by the teacher.

a.

recommended

b.

were recommended

c.

have recommended

d.

was being recommended

3)

Change the Voices of the Verbs in the following Sentences: 

1.

The boy feeds his dogs twice a day.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

People think of his behavior as very strange.

12.

The lady was sleeping when they broke into the house.

4)

Change the following sentences into the active voice: 

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

The book is to be given to my sister after this.

12.

Please see that the room is swept and mopped before I return.

5)

Choose the appropriate passive variant for each active sentence. 

1.

The ants are biting me.

a.

I am being bitten by the ants.

b.

I am being bit by the ants.

c.

I am bitten by the ants.

d.

I was being bitten by the ants.

2.

They are bringing in the luggage.

a.

The luggage are bringing in.

b.

The luggage is brought in.

c.

The luggage are brought in.

d.

The luggage is being brought in.

3.

She rears ducks on the farm.

a.

On the farm are reared ducks.

b.

Ducks will be reared on the farm.

c.

Ducks is reared on the farm.

d.

Ducks are reared on the farm.

4.

He broke all the equipment.

a.

All the equipment broke.

b.

All the equipment was broken.

c.

All the equipment were broken.

d.

All the equipment was broke.

5.

Farah was tearing the old newspapers.

a.

The old newspapers was tearing.

b.

The old newspapers were torn.

c.

The old newspapers were being torn.

d.

The old newspapers was being torn.

6.

I will meet my friend at the airport.

a.

My friend will be meet at the airport.

b.

My friend will be met at the airport.

c.

My friend will being met at the airport.

d.

My friend will have been met at the airport.

7.

The laborers have cut down the tree.

a.

The tree has been cut down.

b.

The tree has cut down.

c.

The tree have been cut down.

d.

The tree has been cutting down.

8.

Someone had sung the song before.

a.

The song had sung before.

b.

The song had been sang before.

c.

The song had been sung before.

d.

The song had being sung before.

9.

I will have sold the video game to Harris.

a.

Harris will have sold the video game.

b.

I will have sold to Harris the video game.

c.

The video game will have sold to Harris.

d.

The video game will have been sold to Harris.

10.

We should choose a monitor quickly.

a.

A monitor should be chose quickly.

b.

A monitor should be quickly chosen.

c.

A monitor should choose quickly.

d.

A monitor should quickly chosen.