ACTIVE TO PASSIVE TRANSFORMATIONS

Put the following sentences into the passive voice or form.

1. They make shoes in that factory.
Shoes _______________________ in that factory.
2. People must not leave bicycles in the driveway.
Bicycles _______________________ in the driveway.
3. They built that skyscraper in 1934.
That skyscraper _______________________ in 1934.
4. The students will finish the course by July.
The course _______________________ by July.
5. They are repairing the streets this month.
The streets _______________________ this month.
6. They make these tools of plastic.
These tools _______________________ of plastic.
7. They have finished the new product design.
The new product design _______________________.
8. They were cooking dinner when I arrived.
Dinner _______________________ when I arrived.
9. Smithers painted 'Red Sunset' in 1986.
'Red Sunset' _______________________ in 1986 by Smithers.
10. Did the plan interest you?
_______________________ in the plan?
11. They had finished the preparations by the time the guests arrived.
The preparations _______________________ by the time the guests arrived.
12. You should take care when working on electrical equipment.
Care _______________________ when working on electrical equipment.
13. They are going to perform Beethoven's Fifth Symphony next weekend.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony _______________________ next weekend.
14. Someone will speak Japanese at the meeting.
Japanese _______________________ at the meeting.
15. Karen is going to prepare the refreshments.
The refreshments _______________________ by Karen.

Rewrite the sentences in the passive

1. They gave the oldest councillor the freedom of the city.
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2. They denied access to the secret documents to all but a few.
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3. Someone showed the child how to use the telephone.
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4. They declared him persona non grata and allowed him only forty-eight hours to leave the country.
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5. They gave him artificial respiration.
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6. Why didn't they offer him the job?
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7. Didn't they promise you a rise in salary at the beginning of the year?
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8. Someone left him a legacy of ,10.000.
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9. When he looked at the stamps, he found they had sold him forgeries.
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10. What did they pay you for doing the job?
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11. Someone should tell him never to do that again.
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12. They asked you to meet me here at 11 o'clock, not half past.
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13. Will someone send me the details?
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14. We shall send you the goods as soon as they are available.
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15. Someone must teach that boy a lesson!
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16. We must give slum-clearance priority over the building of new properties.
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