LESSON 18: PASSIVE VOICE - READING

CHANGE THESE STORIES IN PASSIVE VOICE

Last night some people robbed the school. They took some supplies. They broke a window.
They stole a television and two computers. Finally, they photocopied all the final exam papers.
Every day my mother wakes up the children. She drives them to the school. They learn
different subjects there. They take exams once a week. They play their favorite sport, soccer,
on Fridays.
My fiancé sent me a package holiday to Hawaii. A representative took it to my hotel. After
days we met to celebrate our anniversary. The hotel representative invited us some cocktails
on the beach. They prepared delicious meals. They prepared the meals with finest ingredients
and by the best chefs in the region.
My sister often prepares popcorn. It’s easy to make perfect popcorn. Follow the instructions
well. She put three tablespoons of oil in a large pot and places the pot on the stove. She heats
the oil on a high flame. Next she adds a quarter cup of popcorn into the pot and puts a lid on
it. In the next stage, she reduces the flame and shakes the pot gently until the corn pops. Then
she removes the pot from the stove which is turn off. Finally she put the popcorn into a large
bowl.
Harland and Wolff built The Titanic in 1912. They designed it in a new way and they thought it
to be unsinkable. Because of this, they put enough lifeboats for the passengers and crew. A
collision with a huge iceberg damaged it. It sank very fast. 1,513 people drowned that day. A
lot of magazines printed this disaster in many languages. For this reason governments
decided new international safety laws and established and Ice Patrol, too. In 1985 they located
the wreck on the sea bed. They explored the ship. After that many directors made successful
films about the Titanic since then.