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REWRITE THESE SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE VOICE. 1. They sell oysters in the shop next door. 2. They haven’t delivered the food yet. 3. Shakespeare wrote King Lear. 4. They have to answer the questions on this sheet. 5. Has anybody put the cases upstairs? 6. Someone should take this rubbish away. This rubbish SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY 7. They’ll ask you a lot of questions. A lot of questions will be asked youYou will be asked a lot of question8. Someone’s going to send her some flowers. Some flowers are going to be sent herShe is going to be sent some flowers9. They didn’t pay me much for that job. I wasn’t paid much for that job10. Have they offered him a better job? Has a better job been offered to him ?Has he been offered a better job?11. They told us a secret. A secret was told us We were told a secret12. Would they lend me their car? Would their car be lent me?Would I be lent their car?13. People should send their complaints to the head office. Their complaints should be sent to the head office14. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness. 15. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco. 16. The bill includes service. 17. People don’t use this road very often. 18. They cancelled all the flights because of fog. 19. Somebody accused me of stealing the money. 20. They are building a new ring-road round the city. 21. I didn’t realize that someone was recording our conversation. 22. They have changed the date of the meeting. 23. Brian told me that somebody had attacked and robbed him in the street. 24. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it. 25. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit. 26. We use this room only on special occasions. 27. In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles. 28. John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring. 29. They have offered Sarah a very good job. SARAH HAS BEEN OFFERED A VERY GOOD JOBA VERY GOOD JOB HAS BEEN OFFERED SARAH30. The estate agent showed the house to the young people.THE HOUSE WAS SHOWED TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE STATE AGENT 31. We will pay the gardener a lot of money. THE GARDENER WILL BE PAIS A LOT OF MONEY BY USA LOT OF MONEY WILL BE PAID THE GARDENER BY US 32. Someone is going to repair the roof next week. THE ROOF IS GOING TO BE REPAIRED NEXT WEEK33. They can’t find Joanna. JOANNA CAN’T BE FOUND34. They should decorate the room with flowers. THE ROOM SHOULD BE DECORATED WITH FLOWERS35. Archaeologists have discovered an ancient temple. AN ANCIENT TEMPLE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED36. We will put all these things into boxes. ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE PUT INTO BOXES BY US37. The firefighters rescued the teenagers from the burning building. THE TEENAGERS WERE RESCUED FROM THE BURNING BUILFING BY THE FIREFIGHTERS38. The youngest student in the class has written the best composition. THE BEST COMPOSITION HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY THE YOUNGEST STUDENT IN THE CLASS39. The children send me messages every day. MESSAGES ARE DENT ME EVERYDAY BY THE CHILDREN40. The villagers gave the travellers food and water. THE TRAVELLERS WERE GIVEN FOOD AND WATER BY THE VILLAGERS41. A very talented young girl wrote the story. THE STORY WAS WRITTEN BY A VERY TALENTED YOUNG GIRL42. They are going to finish the new road in a few days. THE NEW ROAD IS GOING TO BE FINISHESD IN A FEW DAYS43. They cancelled the match because of the rain. THE MATCH WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN44. You must not cross this line. THE LINE MUST NOT BE CROSSED45. They had picked the oranges before the storm.THE ORANGES HAD BEEN PICKED BEFORE THE STORM 46. Professor Smith should write the book. THE BOOK WORULD BE WRITTEN BY PROFESSOR SMMITH47. Mr Elliot will pay the workers. THE WORKERS WILL BE PAID MY MR ELLITO48. Two men were following Tom. TOM WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY TOWN MEN49. Millions of people use the Internet every day. THE INTERNET IS USED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE50. They gave Bob a CD player for his birthday. BOB WAS GIVEN A CD PLAYER FOR HIS BIRTHDAYA CD PLAYER AS GIVEN BOB FOR HIS BIRTHDAY51. The prime minister will give a medal to the winners. A MEDAL WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNERS BY THE PRIME MINISTER52. She is telling the children a story. A STORY IS BEING TOLD THE CHILDREN BY HERTHE CHILDREN ARE BEING TOLD A STORY BY HER53. They’ve offered Sally a job. SALLY HAS BEEN OFFERED A JOBA JOB HAS BEEN OFFERED SALLY54. Poisonous chemicals have polluted the river. THE RIVER HAS BEEN POLLUTED BY POISONOUS CHEMICALS55. Doctor Simms is examining her. SHE IS BEING EXAMINED BY DOCTOR SIMMS56. You must stop him now. HE MUST BE STOPPED NOW57. Someone gave them free tickets for the concert. FREE TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT WERE GIVEN THEM THEY WERE GIVEN FREE TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT58.Someone is helping her with the housework. SHE IS BEING HELPED WITH THE HOUSEWORKWITH THE HOUSEWORKD SHE IS BEING HELPED59. The mail-order company sent Mrs Green a parcel. A PARCEL WAS SENT Mrs GREEN BY THE MAIL-ORDERMRS GREEN WAS SENT A PARCEL BY THE MAIL-ORDER60. My friend sent me an invitation. AN INVITATION WAS SENT ME BY MY FRIENDSI WAS SENT AN INVITATIONBY MY FRIENDS61. The secretary has given Mrs Jones some letters.MRS JONES HAS BEEN GIVEN SOME LETTERS BY THE SECRETARYSOME LETTERS HAS BEEN GIVEN MRS JONES BY THE SECRETARY 62. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN GIVEN A TICKET FOR ILLEGAL PARKING BY THE TRAFFIC WARDENA TICKET FOR ILLEGAL PARKING HAD BEEN GIVEN HIM BY THE TRAFFIC WARDEN63. John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring. ELIZABETH WAS GIVEN A BEAUTIFUL RING BY JOHN A BEAUTIFUL RING WAS GIVEN ELIZABETH BY JOHN64. Her students have sent her flowers. FLOWERS HAVE BEEN SENT HE BY HER STUDENTSSHE HAS BEEN SENT FLOWERS BY HER STUDENTS65. He must give the message to the right person. THE MESSAGE MUST BE GIVEN TO THE RIGHT PERSON BY HIM66. We teach our students English and French. OUR STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT ENGLISH ANF FRENCHENGLISH AND FRENCH ARE TAUGHT OUR STUDENTS67. Someone bought flowers for the bride. FLOWERS FOR THE BRIDE WERE BOUGHT68. They showed the tourists the sights of Athens.THE TOURISTS WERE SHOWED THE SIGHTS OF ATHENSTHE SIGHTS OF ATHENS WERE SHOWED THE TOURISTS ................
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