This document provides examples of sentences using the passive voice or having something done by someone else. The sentences cover a variety of situations including decisions being made, drinks not being allowed in a hall, a house being cleaned for someone's mother, a crime not having anyone arrested for it, a watch being fixed, classroom walls being painted again, everything said being recorded, a suit being dry cleaned, and a door being opened before arrival. The final examples demonstrate using the correct form of the passive voice.
This document provides examples of sentences using the passive voice or having something done by someone else. The sentences cover a variety of situations including decisions being made, drinks not being allowed in a hall, a house being cleaned for someone's mother, a crime not having anyone arrested for it, a watch being fixed, classroom walls being painted again, everything said being recorded, a suit being dry cleaned, and a door being opened before arrival. The final examples demonstrate using the correct form of the passive voice.
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This document provides examples of sentences using the passive voice or having something done by someone else. The sentences cover a variety of situations including decisions being made, drinks not being allowed in a hall, a house being cleaned for someone's mother, a crime not having anyone arrested for it, a watch being fixed, classroom walls being painted again, everything said being recorded, a suit being dry cleaned, and a door being opened before arrival. The final examples demonstrate using the correct form of the passive voice.
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A decision................................................................................................................ ....... . They wont allow you take any drinks into the hall You ................................................................................................................................. . Someone cleaned the house for my mother My mother ...................................................................................................................... The police didnt arrest anybody for the crime Nobody ........................................................................................................................... .Somebody is going to fix my watch Im going to ..................................................................................................................... . Theyre painting the classroom walls again The classrooms.................................................................................................................. . Someone was recording everything we said Everything we ..................................................................................................................... . They dry cleaned my suit for me I had ................................................................................................................................... .Somebody had opened the door before we arrived The door............................................................................................................................... .I must ask someone to photocopy my passport I must get ......................................................................................................................... USE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE PASSIVE . My team ............................................(beat) in last years Cup final . The new science building ...........................................(finish) this summer . This medicine .......................................(should take) three times a day . The car ............................................(drive) by a learner when the accident happened . People .............................................(usually expect) to contribute some money . My computer isnt here beacause it ........................................(repair) at the moment . The name of the winner.........................................(not announce) yet . When Joe looked in his pocket, he realized his mobile phone ...............................(steal) . The film .............................(already show) twice on TV this year . The votes ..........................................(count) by tomorrow morning