Unit 12. Animal
World
GRAMMAR
Passive voice
A. Make passive sentences from the following information as in the
example.
Example:
Toyota
cars/Japan/make
Toyota
cars are made in Japan.
a.
volleyball/every/country/play
Volleyball
is played in every country.
b.
spaghetti/boiling water/cook
Spaghetti
is cooked in boiling water.
c.
each lesson/an exercise/follow
Eeach
lesson is followed by an exercise.
d.
taxes/the price/include
The
price is included with taxes.
e.
extensive information/the internet/find
Extensive
information is found in the internet.
f.
our order/the waiter/took
Our
order was taken by the waiter.
g.
the schedule/the participants/will distribute
The
schedule will be distributed to the participants.
h.
the police/footprint/found
Footprint
was found by the police.
i.
the children/the sandcastles/built
The
sandcastles were built by the children.
j.
the father/the window/not going to open
The
window isn't going to be opened by the father.
B. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice using the
correct form of verbs in the brackets.
a.
Call the ambulance! Two boys ......... (injure) in a motorbike accident.
Call
the ambulance! Two boys have been injured in a motorbike accident.
b.
The clock ............ (use) since the 17th century.
The
clock has been used since the 17th century.
c.
I had to wait outside the classroom while the classroom ......... (clean).
I
had to wait outside the classroom while the classroom was being cleaned.
d.
The problem ............ (discuss) by the subject specialists at the moment.
The
problem is being discussed by the subject specialists at the moment.
e.
By the time I came back, the task ............... (finish).
By
the time I came back, the task had been finished.
f.
Women .............. (say) to be happier than men.
Women
are said to be happier than men.
g.
Look! The house ........... (destroy) by the fire.
Look!
The house had been destroyed by the fire.
h.
The other three reports..................... (submit) by next month.
The
other three reports will be submitted by next month.
i.
Many people .......... (rescue) from the floods by the security persons this
year.
Many
people have been rescued from the floods by the security persons this
year.
j.
The state of Florida ................ (hit) by a hurricane that did serious
damage.
The
state of Florida was hit by a hurricane that did serious damage.
Extra Questions
Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice. Choose the correct
form of the verbs in brackets. Complete the sentences with the correct passive
form of the verbs in brackets. Change the sentences to passive voice. Change
the sentences to active voice.
1) 1) Books .......... (write) by authors.
2)
Brian Brody directed The Ultimate Space
Adventure.
3)
Brian told me that somebody had attacked
and robbed him in the street.
4)
British astronomers discovered a new
planet.
5)
Can I use your umbrella?
6)
Clothes will have been ………… (wash,
washing, washed)
7)
Could mark lock the door?
8)
Could you shut the door?
9)
Dad promised by a box of chocolates.
10)
Daniel was watching the birds.
11)
Devkota wrote the Muna Madan. It means –
The Muna Madan ……………by Devkota. (being written, was written, was wrote)
12)
Did Sabin play the guitar in the
programme? No, it …………..by Lokesh. (played, is played, was played)
13)
Different things had to be done. It
means: we …….different things. (had been done, had to do, had to be done)
14)
Doctor Simms is examining her.
15)
English .......... (speak) all over the
world.
16)
English .......... (speak) in many countries.
17)
Everything has to be learnt. I means: we
…………..everything. (have learnt, have been learnt, have to learn)
18)
Fred told Johnny a lie.
19)
Has anybody put the cases upstairs?
20)
Has he given you back the book yet?
21)
Have they offered him a better job?
22)
He could not help us.
23)
He must give the message to the right
person.
24)
He need not buy bread.
25)
He was being hurt. It means that ……………
(they are hurting him, they were hurting him, he was to be hurt)
26)
He will help me with money.
27)
He will not steal the watch.
28)
Her parents taught her to be punctual.
29)
Her rice pudding was loved by her
friends and family alike.
30)
Her students have sent her flowers.
31)
His cat’s collar will be designed by a
famous craftsperson.
32)
His travel expenses .......... (not pay)
by his company.
33)
How .......... (your name/spell)?
34)
How are the tigers kept in the zoo? How
……….we keep tigers in the zoo? (do, are, did)
35)
How often .......... (the Olympic
Games(hold)?
36)
Hundreds of people .......... (kill) in
accidents every year.
37)
I am not helped this year. This means:
……this year. (No one helped me, Everybody helps me, No one helps me)
38)
I can solve this sum.
39)
I didn’t realize that someone was
recording our conversation.
40)
I don’t like ………….stupid questions.
(asked, is asked, being asked)
41)
I love people ………….me. (admiring, are
admiring, being admired)
42)
I was not informed about the meeting.
That means: NO one ……….me about the meeting. (was informed, informed, was being
informed)
43)
In some districts farmers use pigs to
find truffles.
44)
It rains a lot during the monsoon
season.
45)
Jack will not post the letter.
46)
James climbed the ladder.
47)
James hit the tree with his stick.
48)
Jenny will buy a new phone.
49)
John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring.
50)
John gave Elizabeth that beautiful ring.
51)
Kamal speaks English. That is to say:
English ……by Kamal. (was spoken, speaks, is spoken)
52)
Let the solid be weighed in air.
............ the solid in air. (Do weigh, Have weigh, Weigh)
53)
Let’s make a fun. Let ............ (a
fun made, a fun be made, a fun be made by us)
54)
London .......... (visit) by thousands
of tourists every year.
55)
Lunch .......... (serve) at twelve
o’clock.
56)
Many people begin new projects in
January
57)
Mark was eating an apple.
58)
Mary invited Paul to her birthday party.
59)
Millions of people use the Internet
every day.
60)
Mr. Elliot will pay the workers.
61)
Mukunda has to teach us. The passive
form of this sentence is: ………………….. (We have to teach by Mukunda, We had to be
taught by Mukunda, We have to be taught by Mukunda)
62)
Mum is going to prepare the food.
63)
My car .......... (repair) last week.
64)
My friend sent me an invitation.
65)
My salary .......... (pay) every month.
66)
Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf.
67)
Nobody hurt him. He ............ (was
hurt by nobody, was not hurt, is not hurt)
68)
One of the students broke the window.
69)
Our school is very nice. It ............
by the villagers. (is build, was built, has built)
70)
Paper .......... (make) from wood.
71)
People don’t use this road very often.
72) People say elephants live longer than
men. Its passive is ……. (It is said that elephants live longer than men,
Elephants are said to live longer by people, It was said that elephants live
longer than me)
73)
People should send their complaints to
the head office.
74)
People throw away tones of rubbish every
day.
75)
Pierre Matie will design her costume.
76)
Poisonous chemicals have polluted the
river.
77)
Professor Smith should write the book.
78)
Ram hates people keeping him waiting. It
can also be said: ‘He …………..waiting’. (is hated keeping, hates are being kept,
hates being kept)
79)
Saffron is cultivated in Spain and in
Iran.
80)
Sam baked a big cake.
81)
Shakespeare wrote King Lear.
82)
She has …………English literature. (to be
read, to read, been read)
83) She is respected for her deeds. I means:
............ (Everybody respected her for her deeds, Everybody respects her for
her deeds, Everybody has respected her for her deeds)
84)
She is telling the children a story.
85)
She showed her relatives the new house.
86)
She will not iron her cloth.
87)
She would not help you.
88)
Somebody accused me of stealing the
money.
89)
Somebody had cleaned my shoes and
brushed my suit.
90)
Someone bought flowers for the bride.
91)
Someone built this house 200 years ago.
92)
Someone found my wallet.
93)
Someone gave them free tickets for the
concert.
94)
Someone is going to repair the roof next
week.
95)
Someone is helping her with the
housework.
96)
Someone reads the newspaper to him every
day.
97)
Someone robbed my house. My
house............ (is robbed, was robbed, was being robbed)
98)
Someone should take this rubbish away.
99)
Someone stole Jim’s bike lat night.
100)
Someone told the students a story. It
means: The students ……………….a story. (the students are told a story, the
students have been told a story, the students were told a story)
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