87- ) Turn the following sentences from active into passive or vice versa.

Voice (Advanced)
1. They will have finished redecorating by the time we get back from Spain.
2. Which picture did he sell?
3. The company is going to increase our wages.
4. While she was moving the furniture she damaged the table.
5. He is known to have stolen the money.
6. Don't let them make fun of you.
7. Will he be made to obey the rules?
8. He ought to have revealed all the information he had been given.
9. She hates being followed by fans everywhere.
10.They believe he has left the country.
11.He had his house broken into.
12.Who assassinated President John F Kennedy?

Passive

88 - ) Turn the following from active into passive.

1. As soon as Jane joined the magazine they showed her the basics of all the jobs in the Editorial
Department, and before two years were out they had made her assistant editor.
2. They've reduced the prices of many things in the shops. The problem is that my firm hasn't
paid me, so I can't buy anything.
3. Sarah says that the government has offered her a post in the Middle East, but she's decided
to turn it down as a private company has promised her a better job in London.
4. Someone gave me a book of 18th century French drama which has inspired me to do some
translation.
5. The shopkeeper overcharged me and now he'll have to give me a refund. I just hope he has
given me a receipt.
6. I believe they should do away with military conscription. I don't think they should take boys
away from their families and friends.
7. From the way the management talk about Mr Smith, you'd think thed fire him, but instead of
that they've just promoted him.
8. Has anyone ever broken into your house? The have mine and they took all my most valuable
possessions.
9. They took Paula's child away from her last week. I don't imagine theyll return it to her until
they can prove her capability as a mother.
10.It seems they have accused her husband of drug-running, and they are implicating her in the
crime too.
89- ) Turn the following from passive into active.
1. When John was hired he was told that he would have to serve a six-month apprenticeship, but
as it turned out he was promoted at the end of three months.
2. I was overheard by Sally saying that I'd been given a rise and now she wonders why she's
being treated unfairly.
3. It is said that America was discovered by Christopher Columbus but in fact it has been
decided that Amerigo Vespucci landed there first.
4. I was given an article by which I was motivated to take up jogging, but I've been told by my
doctor to be careful about how much I do.
5. I was told that the repairs on my car would be done by Friday, but as it turns out l was told a
lie because they still haven't been done.
6. Have you ever been interviewed by a journalist? I have been, but unfortunately everything I
said was misrepresented.
7. People are being told that the dangers of chemical pollution have been exaggerated by some
scientists and confusion has been caused by this.
8. The last time Olivia was seen she was said to be wearing a black leather jacket and red
tights, but what people say they remember can't always be relied on.
9. Joan was left some property by her grandfather, but it was discovered later that the land tax
had never been paid and the property had to be sold.
10.Although Julie was allowed to go out that night by her parents, she was reminded that if she
wasn't back by midnight she would be severely punished.