Passive Voice

Ex.1
1.

I can answer the question. -

2.

She would carry the box. -

3.

You should open the window. -

4.

We might play cards. -

5.

You ought to wash the car. -

6.

He must fill in the form. -

7.

They need not buy bread. -

8.

He could not read the sentence. -

9.

Will the teacher test our English? -

10.

Could Jenny lock the door? -

Ex.2
1.
Rachel will give you some advice.
2.
I sent him a letter.
3.
The police officer showed us the way.
4.
Our neighbour gave me a lift.
5.
We have asked him a favour.
6.
She told me a lie.
7.
They have written her a postcard.
8.
Kerrie will make you a cup of tea.
9.
The waiter has not brought us the coffee.
10. They did not offer her a seat.
Ex.3
1. I don't know why this class is always so dirty. It

(clean) every morning.

2. The murder suspect told the police a complicated alibi but it

(believe) by them and he

was charged with the murder.

3. "Whose is that computer in the corner of the office?" "I don't know - it

anyone."

(never use) by

4. When foreign films are dubbed into English, usually a lot of the original meaning

(lose) in the translation.

5. Humans

(think) to have originated in the east of Africa.

6. If my car

(damage) by you, you will pay for the repairs.

7. Glenn Miller

(kill) in an aircrash in England in the 1940s.

8. When I am older, I

(know) as a famous scientist.

9. The films of Charlie Chaplin

(love) all over the world.

10. The new factory will open next July and the company says that over 250 employees

(need) initially.
11. Did you hear that Jane

(promote) to a management position at work! What great

news.
12.

(pay) for a job you enjoy doing must be the definition of a happy life!

Ex.4
11. In the year 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian (visit)
Britain.
12. On his visit, the Roman soldiers (tell)
north (attack)

his provinces in

him that Pictish tribes from Britain's

them.

13. So Hadrian (give)

narrowest parts of the country.

the order to build a protective wall across one of the

14. After 6 years of hard work, the Wall (finish)

15. It (be)

in 128.

117 kilometres long and about 4 metres high.

16. The Wall (guard)

by 15,000 Roman soldiers.

17. Every 8 kilometres there (be)

soldiers (find)

a large fort in which up to 1,000

shelter.

18. The soldiers (watch)

over the frontier to the north and (check)

people who (want)

to enter or leave Roman Britain.

19. In order to pass through the Wall, people (must go)

that (serve)

to one of the small forts

as gateways.

20. Those forts (call)

another (be)

the

milecastles because the distance from one fort to

one Roman mile (about 1,500 metres).

21. Between the milecastles there (be)

soldiers (guard)

two turrets from which the

the Wall.

22. If the Wall (attack)

by enemies, the soldiers at the turrets (run)

the nearest milecastle for help or (light)

a fire that (can / see)

the soldiers in the milecastle.

23. In 383 Hadrian's Wall (abandon)

24. Today Hadrian's Wall (be)

England.
25. In 1987, it (become)

the most popular tourist attraction in northern

a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Ex.5
1.

Yesterday, (I / cut / my hair)

2.

Every Friday, (Joe / wash / his car)

3.

Tomorrow, (she / repair / her shower)

4.

Each Saturday, (we / deliver / a pizza)

5.

Last year, (Bob / clean / his house)

.
.
.
to our home.
by a charwoman.

to
by

6.

As Phil had a broken arm, (he / type / his texts)

7.

(I / pick up / the goods)

8.

(we / redecorate / our walls)

by his secretary.

tomorrow in the afternoon.

last summer.