Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
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- We use the infinitive after modal verbs and a number of other verbs. The passive infinitive is to be done / to have done.
- Ex. 1. Find the passive verbs in this text. What tenses are they?
- Ex. 2. Underline all the passives.
- Ex.4. Put the sentences into the Passive voice.
- Ex. 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Progressive Passive.
- Ex. 13. Complete the text with expressions given below.
- Ex. 14. Open the brackets, using the correct form in the Passive.
- Ex. 18. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense in the passive.
- Ex. 20. Rewrite these sentences in the Passive.
- Ex 22. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect in the Active or in the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 26. Put the sentences into the passive voice.
- Passive verbs with prepositional objects
- Ex. 31. Put the sentence with a verb + preposition/adverb combination into the passive.
- Ex. 33. Express in the passive the second of each of the following pairs of sentences. Do not mention the active subjects. The first two sentences are done for you.
- Ex. 38. Rewrite these verbs as passives, keeping them in the same tense, and removing they, we, someone, etc.
- Ex. 40. Rewrite the sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the Passive. Make any other changes necessary.
- Ex. 42. Read this information about what happened to the Watsons.
- Passive structures of the verbs
- Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 49. Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Correct it of write “right”.
- Ex. 52. Use passive or active, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 53. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 54. Use the required passive forms.
- Ex. 55. Use the required active or passive tense forms.
- Ex. 56. Translate into English.
- Ex. 58. Translate into English.
- Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
- A) Rewrite these instructions, using simple commands instead of the passive.
- Complete these sentences using a passive construction. Only use by if it’s natural to do so.
- Turn these newspapers headlines into radio news headlines. (Informal, spoken form.)
- Ex. 66. Practice saying these sentences and answer the questions.
- Ex. 68. You are telling a friend some news. Use the notes and write each sentence in the Present Perfect, active (has done) or passive (has been done).
- Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
- The formation of the passive voice………………. . . 1
- Progressive forms……………………………………. . 11
- AIDS kills Freddie's 2 lovers. Star's dead lovers
- Phone call of terror. Gay life ended 7-year affair
Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
1. Can you explain the plan to us?
2. I’ve come to say goodbye to you.
3. I suggested a new method to her.
4. Describe your wife to me.
5. The teacher is dictating new words to the students.
6. He won’t repeat his orders to them.
7. His brother has already mentioned this interesting detail to me.
8. The court declared to us that the bank was bankrupt.
9. The host had introduced all his guests to his cousin before the meals were brought.
10. Who delivers the mail to you?
11. The expert will prove this fact to you at the next meeting.
12. The lecturer has pointed out this interesting detail to the audience.
13. She decided to devote her life to handicapped people.
14. “I have been explaining this rule to you for two hours,” – he said irritably.
SECTION V.
R E V I S I O N
Part 1.
Ex. 47. Put the sentences into the Passive Voice where possible.
1. Goldfish live in fresh water.
2. The Egyptians built pyramids.
3. Walked 4 miles yesterday.
4. They arrived at 7 last night.
5. They informed me about it.
6. I slept till 8.
7. It’s raining.
8. You must obey the rules.
9. He’s sneezing again.
10. You can buy videos like this anywhere.
11. Someone has to write the history of this place.
12. The have sold their car to pay the debts.
13. They hold a meeting in the village hall once a week.
14. They have proved that there is no life in the Moon.
15. They owe a lot of money to Moscow Narodny Bank.
Ex. 48. Rewrite the sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the Passive. Make any other changes where necessary.
1. They should have given us this information ages ago. This information should have been given to us ages ago.
2. Do you want to someone to wake you up in the morning?
3. I don’t like someone telling me what to do.
4. The windows are really dirty: no-one’s cleaned them for weeks.
5. After the company made him redundant, he became very depressed.
6. I would like them to have given me the chance to explain my point of view, but they weren’t interested.
7. I’m hoping they will choose me for the college football team.
8. People believe that many more people will die of skin cancer over the next ten years.
9. If it hadn’t rained so much, we would have finished the job on time.
10. We can’t take the car: the people at the garage are repairing it.
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