Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.

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.