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7Passive 6 (two objects)

Change the active sentence into the passive. There are two
answers for each question.

1) John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill (start with 'Jill').

[ Jill was given a bar of chocolate (by John). ]


John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill (start with 'a bar of chocolate').

[ A bar of chocolate was given to Jill (by John). ]


2) I lent a pencil to Graham (start with 'Graham').

[ Graham was lent a pencil (by me). ]


I lent a pencil to Graham (start with 'a pencil').

A pencil was lent to Graham (by me). ]


3) Fiona told the truth to Julian (start with 'Julian').

[ Julian was told the truth (by Fiona). ]

Fiona told the truth to Julian (start with 'the truth').

[ The truth was told to Julian (by Fiona). ]

4 ) They offered the job to Simon (start with 'Simon').

[ Simon was offered the job (by them). ]

They offered the job to Simon (start with 'the job').

[ The job was offered to Simon (by them). ]


5) The boss showed the new computer to Anna (start with 'Anna').
[ Anna was shown the new computer (by the boss). ]
The boss showed the new computer to Anna (start with 'the new computer').

[ The new computer was shown to Anna (by the boss). ]


6) Julie taught the grammar to the students (start with 'the students').

[ The students were taught the grammar (by Julie). ]


Julie taught the grammar to the students (start with 'the grammar').

[ The grammar was taught to the students (by Julie). ]


7) I sent the email to John (start with 'John').
[ John was sent the email (by me). ]

I sent the email to John (start with 'the email').

[ The email was sent to John (by me). ]


8) Lucy threw the ball to the child (start with 'the child').

[ The child was thrown the ball (by Lucy). ]


Lucy threw the ball to the child (start with 'the ball').

[ The ball was thrown to the child (by Lucy). ]


9) Sophia sold the car to a doctor (start with 'a doctor').

[ A doctor was sold the car (by Sophia). ]


Sophia sold the car to a doctor (start with 'the car').
[ The car was sold to a doctor (by Sophia). ]
10) I asked the question to David (start with 'David').

[ David was asked the question (by me). ]


I asked the question to David (start with 'the question').
[ The question was asked to David (by me). ]

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