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CHANGE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO PASSIVE

1. Mary Quart created the miniskirt in London.


2. They grow vegetables in their vegetable garden.
3. Christopher Columbus discovered merica in 1!"2.
!. They make these cars in #apan.
$. They produce a lot o% oil in &taly.
'. They might invite us to their birthday dinner.
(. )assengers should not leave their suitcases in this place.
*. They will knock down the old building to build a new school.
". )eter has cleaned the windows.
1+. &n ,nglish we write the %irst letter o% nationalities in capital letters.
11. They-ve banned smoking in this o%%ice.
12. )eople should eat more vegetables and %ruit.
13. )eople didn-t eat %ast %ood twenty years ago.
1!. They have put an anti.smoking poster in every school.
1$. They have discovered the solution to this illness.
1'. They arrested the thieves at the airport.
1(. They will open the new shopping centre ne/t week.
1*. Tobacco kills one person every ten seconds.
1". They don-t allow students to smoke in class.
2+. They will have to do something.
21. &n ,nglish0 we use the passive to give more emphasis to an action.
22. They gave Mary a beauti%ul pullover %or her birthday.
23. They don-t pay us very much.
2!. 1omeone will show you the way when you get there.
2$. They haven-t sent her any postcards yet.


2'. They didn-t tell them how to do it.
2(. 2e care%ul. They may ask you what you-re doing.
2*. &n that course they teach you how to improve your ,nglish.
2". They are always telling us the same old story.
3+. 3o one brought any %ood to the party.
31. 4id they warn your sister about the dangers o% taking drugs5
32. The police will %ind the thieves.
33. They-ve stolen some pictures in the museum.
3!. The teacher made the student repeat the e/ercise.
3$. They told her that eating too much %ast %ood was unhealthy.
3'. 1omeone told me a lie.
3(. They will send me my marks by post.
3*. They paid her a lot o% money %or her 6ob.
3". 1omeone has o%%ered her a new 6ob in London.
!+. They showed me their new house.
!1. They-ve bought me a nice present.
!2. )eter told #ulia a terrible secret.
!3. They-ll ask you a lot o% 7uestions in the oral e/amination.
!!. & know it-s not much but they had o%%ered me much less be%ore.
!$. They didn-t show us the photographs.
!'. & know they are going to send her a bunch o% %lowers.
!(. They gave )eter a nice present %or his birthday.
!*. They didn-t tell me why they were angry with me.
!". They asked him to stop smoking.
$+. They-re going to give her a new car.
$1. 8e think they-ll o%%er her a good 6ob.


KEY
1. The miniskirt was created by Mary Quart in London
2. 9egetables are grown in their vegetable garden.
3. merica was discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1!"2
!. These cars are made in #apan.
$. lot o% oil is produced in &taly.
'. 8e might be invited to their birthday dinner.
(. Their suitcases should not be le%t by passengers in this place.
*. The old building will be knocked down to build a new school.
". The windows have been cleaned by )eter.
1+. &n ,nglish the %irst letter o% nationalities is written in capital letters.
11. 1moking has been banned in this o%%ice.
12. More vegetables and %ruit should be eaten.
13. :ast %ood wasn-t eaten twenty years ago.
1!. n anti.smoking poster has been put in every school.
1$. The solution to this illness has been discovered.
1'. The thieves have been arrested at the airport.
1(. The new shopping centre will be opened ne/t week.
1*. ;ne person is killed by tobacco every ten seconds.
1". 1tudents aren-t allowed to smoke in class.
2+. 1omething will have to be done.
21. &n ,nglish0 the passive is used to give more emphasis to an action.
22. Mary was given a beauti%ul pullover %or her birthday.
23. 8e aren-t paid very much.
2!. <ou will be shown the way when you get there.
2$. 1he hasn-t been sent any postcards yet.
2'. They weren-t told how to do it.
2(. 2e care%ul= <ou may be asked what you-re doing.
2*. &n that course you are taught how to improve your ,nglish.
2". 8e are always being told the same old story.
3+. 3o %ood was brought to the party.
31. 8as your sister warned about the dangers o% taking drugs5
32. The thieves will be %ound by the police
33. 1ome pictures have been stolen in the museum.
3!. The student was made to repeat the e/ercise.
3$. 1he was told that eating too much %ast %ood was unhealthy.
3'. & was told a lie.
3(. & will be sent my marks by post.
3*. 1he was paid a lot o% money %or her 6ob.
3". 1he has been o%%ered a new 6ob in London.
!+. & have been shown their new house.
!1. & have been bought a nice present.
!2. #ulia was told a terrible secret.
!3. <ou will be asked a lot o% 7uestions in the oral e/amination.
!!. & know it-s not much but & had been o%%ered much less be%ore.
!$. 8e weren-t shown the photographs.
!'. & know she is going to be sent a bunch o% %lowers.
!(. )eter was given a nice present %or his birthday.
!*. & wasn-t told why they were angry with me.
!". >e was asked to stop smoking.
$+. 1he is going to be given a new car.
$1. 8e think0 she will be o%%ered a good 6ob.

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