English Exercise

Passive sentences - Exercise
Explanation: Passive voice

Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice.

Example:
Peter writes a letter.
a letter is written by Peter

Answer:
A letter iswritten. or
A letter is written by Peter. |
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1) Julia rescued three cats.
.three cats was rescued by Julia |
2) The students handed in the reports.
.the reports was handed |
3) Mariacrashed into the blue car.
.The blue car was crashed by Maria |
4) Alex learned the poem.
.The poem was leaned by Alex |
5) Steven has forgotten the book.
.The book has been forgotten by Steven |6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder.
.the dvd recorder has not been repaired by the mecanic |
7) They play handball.
.handball is played by they |
8) Sue puts the rucksack on thefloor.
.the rucksack is put on the floor by Sue |
9) The girls had lost the match.
. The mach had been lost by The girls |
10) The teacher is not going to open the window.
.The windows isn’t ngoing to open by The teacher |
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Passive sentences with two objects - Exercise
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Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Sometimes there are two possible answers (two objects in the activesentence).

Do not use contracted/short forms.

Example:
Tim gave Lisa some flowers.
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Answer:
Some flowers were given to Lisa by Tim. or
Lisa was given some flowersby Tim. |
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1) They don't speak English in this shop.
. in the shop do not spoken English |
2) Kevin asked Dennis a question.
.a question was asked to Dennis by Kevin |
3) Somebody builtthe house last year.
. the house was built last year |
4) She gives him a box.
.a box were given to him by She |
5) Max will look after him.
.him will looked after by Max |
6) The waiter...