THE PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

1.- The milkman brings the milk to my door,but the postman

leaves the letters in the hall.

2.- People steal things from supermarkets every day; someone

stole twenty bottles of whisky from this one last week.

3.- We build over 1000 houses a year.Last year we built 1500.

4.- We serve hot meals till 10.30, and guests can order coffee
and sándwiches up to 11.30.

5.- We kill and injure many people on the roads every day. Can´t
we do something about this?

6.- An ambulance took the sick man to hospital.

7.- They are demolishing the entire block.

8.- Has someone posted my parcel?

9.- Visitors must leave umbrellas and sticks in the cloakroom.

10.- The lorry knocked him down.

11.- We can´t repair that clock.

12.- We had to give the books back; they did not allow us to take
them home.

13.- They didn´t pay me for the work,they expected me to do it

for nothing.

14.- They showed her the easiest way to do it.

15.- Lightning struck the old oak.

16.- A jellyfish stung her.

17.- We will not admit children under sixteen.

18.- Did the idea interest you?

19.- People say he is a spy.

20.- People say he was a spy.

21.- People believe you know everything about the accident.

22.- People believe that he was killed by the tribemen.

23.- We consider that she was the best singer that Australia has
ever produced.

24.- We know that the expedition reached the South Pole in

May.

25.- People believed that the earth was flat for a long time.

26.- We don´t allow smoking.

27.- They say that the rocket travelled six thousands miles and
landed in the target area.

28.- Someone is following us.

29.- Someone saw him pick up the gun.

30.- We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.

31.-They claim that this engine is twice as powerful as the

previous one.

32.-The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle´s will.

33.- He wrote it with a matchstick dipped in blood.

34.- Students are doing a lot of work.