PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES: Convert the following sentences to the passive.

1. The technicians are updating the computer server right now.

The computer server is being updated by the technicians right now.

2. You must pay your credit card bill by the 15th of the month.

Your credit card bill must be paid by the 15 th of the month

3. The accountant is going to print out the invoices.

The invoices are going to be printed out by the accountant.

4. In Ecuador the strange weather has affected crops.

In Ecuador, crops has been affected by the strange weather

5. The workers will have finished the work by 5pm.

The work will have been finished by 5 pm

6. Yesterday the police department was stopping drivers to see if their papers were in order.

Yesterday, drivers were being stopped by the police department to see if their papers were in order.

7. The firemen are putting out the fire in the building.

The fire are being put out in the building.

8. By the time I arrived, the maid had waxed the parquet floor.

By the time I arrived, the parquet floor had been waxed by the maid.

9. About 500 people took the driver’s license test yesterday.

The driver’s license was taken by about 500 people yesterday.

10. The exterminators fumigate the building every week.

The building is fumigated every week.

11. You should finish your thesis by next semester.

Your thesis should be finished by next semester.

12. The boss should have fired Steven yesterday.

Steven should have been fired by the boss yesterday.