THE PASSIVE VOICE

1.- You should open the wine about 3 hours before you use it.
2.- Somebody had changed my shoes and brushed my suit.
3.- We use this room only special occasions.
4.- You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission.
5.- Someone switched on a light and opened the door.
6.- They are pulling the old theatre.
7.- Why didn´t they mend the roof?
8.- Someone will serve refreshments.
9.- People must not leave bicycles in the hall.
10.- They are delivering the piano this afternoon.
11.- They make these artificial flowers of silk.
12.- Someone has read the paper and has cut the pages.
13.- Peter had cut the steps in the ice.
14.- People are spending far more money on food now than they spent 10 years
ago.
15.- A thief stole my bag.
16.- They will say nothing.
17.- I´ve bought a new harp the other day.
18.- The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were
not returning books.
19.- The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.
20.- Students are doing a lot of the work.
21.- He offered me a job.
 THE PASSIVE VOICE

1.- They haven´t stamped the letter.

2.- They threw away the rubbish.
3.- An earthquake destroyed the town.
4.- A Japanese firm makes these television sets.
5.- We can´t repair your clock.
6.- They are watching my house.
7.- You will wear evening dress.
8.- The police shouldn´t allow to park her.
9.- Candidates may not use dictionaries.
10.- Agatha Christie wrote this novel.
11.- Everybody in this class studies French.
12.- They must do something.
13.- The agent has not sold the houses.
14.- A little boy broke the window.
15.- You can see the lake from the hotel.
16.- Someone was painting the walls.
17.- They are building a new road.
18.- She has repaired the typewriter.
19.- He will send the parcel.
20.- You had just seen the film.
21.- He will wear evening dress.
22.- Someone has altered the notice.
23.- New Arts Gallery is going to exhibit my paintings for the first time.
24.- She hasn´t read the paper.
25.- A student threw a stone.
26.- The teacher will read the passage 3 times.
27.- John should take back these books to the library.
28.- The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
29.- In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.
30.- Members may keep books for 3 weeks.
 THE PASSIVE VOICE

1.- Farmers spray the trees each week.

2.- That factory is producing more and more pollution.
3.- The owners had hidden all the evidence by the time the police arrived.
4.- A scientist was designing the reactor.
5.- A child can understand the problem.
6.- The Prime Minister is going to open the enquiry.
7.- Someone should have written to the newspapers.
8.- We shall notify the police about this matter.
9.- People should send their complaints to the office.
10.- They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.
11.- Somebody might have stolen your car if you had left the keys in it.
12.- An electrical fault could have caused the fire.
13.- They are going to hold next years´ congress in San Francisco.
14.- They didn´t offer Ann the job.
15.- They gave me 2 hours to make my decision.
16.- They don´t pay Jim very much.
17.- They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview.
18.- Nobody told me that George was ill.
19.- We will send you your examination results as soon as they are ready.
20.- They didn´t ask me my name.
21.- Have you signed those letters yet?
22.- Tea grows in Sri Lanka.
23.- Did Edison invent the telephone?
24.- A car overtook me at 100 km. an hour.
25.- They have translated the Bible into many languages.
26.- They are always asking me why I don´t get married.
27.- Has the boss approved this matter?
28.- They are delivering the oil at 3 o´clock this afternoon.
29.- I am not sure that they have told me the truth.
30.- They didn´t change the sheets at the hotel.
31.- Nobody has looked at that book for years.
32.- They can´t put off the decision any longer.
33.- You can find out the details later.
34.- She is looking after the children very well.
35.- You mustn´t tell the secret.
36.- They should have finished the work by now.
37.- They need to fix the date of the next meeting.
38.- You must declare goods bought outside the U.K.
39.- Fog is delaying flights.
40.- They criticised the Prime Minister.
 PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL PASSIVE VOICE
1.- It is said that he is very rich.
2.- It is said that she is writing a book.
3.- It is thought that Peter has gone to the station.
4.- It is believed that he runs faster than you.
5.- It was thought that he had escaped.
6.- It is said that Jack doesn´t want to go.
7.- It was reported that he didn´t arrive in Paris.
8.- It is thought that Fred spent a lot of money on his house.
9.- It was known that she wrote several novels.
10.- It is believed that a member of his family built the castle.
11.- It was reported that she lived in an old house in the country.
12.- It is thought that Ann sent the parcel.
13.- It is considered that she is a good actress.
14.- It is reported that he is working in France.
15.- It was known that he had killed his brother.
16.- It is considered that they are good students.
17.- It is thought that Elena has broken a leg.
18.- It was remembered that they had lost the war.
19.- It was said that their parents had been very poor.
20.- It is expected that the children will behave well.
21.- It is thought that they were close friends some years ago.
22.- It is expected that some rain will come soon.
23.- It was known that their marriage had been a very happy one.
24.- It is considered that the economic boom was going to finish.
25.- It was reported that he was armed.
26.- It was known that he had been in town on the night of the crime.
27.- It was believed that they were killed by terrorists.
28.- It is reported that she is a spy.
29.- It is thought that they are working for Russians.
30.- It was reported that the ministers had arrived yesterday.
31.- It is considered that Picasso is the greatest artist of the century.
32.- It was reported that the strike had been a success.