THE PASSIVE VOICE

A. Write the following sentences in the passive.

1. They first developed the polio vaccine in the 1950´s.

2. To record you must press the red button and the black button at the same
time.

3. You should make the sandwiches just before you leave.

4. People are sending blankets and clothes to the flood victims.

5. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

6. The technicians were repairing my fax machine when I arrived.

7. The crew will bury the sailor at sea.

8. Toyota sells cars in many countries.

9. They add sugar to fruit in order to make jam.

10. The tour guide showed us around the city.

11. She paid the workers three months´salary when she closed down her
business.

12. The boss has offered him a rise for his hard work.

13. Did you take the car to the garage yesterday?

14. We will call you when your turn comes.

15. My parents may give my brother the car for the first time tonight.

16. Do they clean the rooms every day?

17. They are painting their house this week.

18. Everyone in our school knows her well.

19. They are going to redecorate the room.

20. She didn´t tell anyone about the phone call.