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Passive Voice

Active to Passive 1. Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. 2. You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission. 3. Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife. 4. The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots. 5. They rang the church bells as a flood warning. 6. It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child. 7. The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine. 8. They make these artificial flowers of silk. 9. No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information. 10. They are pulling down the old theatre.

Active to Passive: Questions 1. Who wrote the letter? 2. Did the idea interest you? 3. Had they stolen your bycicle as well? 4. Do they expect him to offer you a job? 5. Can’t we do anything about that? 6. Are they demolishing the entire block? 7. Has someone posted my parcel? 8. Why did no one inform me on the change of plan? 9. Will someone finally throw him out? 10. Do I have to wind this clock every night?

Passive to Active 1. He was made to surrender his passport. 2. A special edition has been written for children. 3. It is said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads. 4. For a long time the earth was believed to be flat. 5. Jack was invited to the party, but Tom wasn’t. 6. The car will have to be towed to the garage. 7. Trespassers will be prosecuted. 8. Their children have been brought up in Italy. 9. I was awakened by a frightful crash this morning. 10. Those books should have been taken back to the library.

Common phrases with Passive Voice 1. People know that he is armed. 2. Don’t touch this switch. 3. We don’t allow smoking. 4. He doesn’t like people laughing at him. 5. Someone is following us. 6. He likes people to call him ‘Sir’. 7. You shouldn’t feed Gremlins after dark. 8. People must hand in their weapons. 9. Someone has broken into the shop. 10. The crowd shouted him down.