Question

Rewrite these sentences, putting the verbs in the passive. Keep them in the same tense, and remove they, we, someone, etc. Example: We clean the garages every day. The garages are cleaned every day. 1) The police arrested two hundred people. Two hundred people were arrested . 2) We check every car engine thoroughly. Every car engine thoroughly. 3) They send two million books to America every year. Two million books to America every year. 4) They posted all the letters yesterday. All the letters yesterday. 5) The machine wraps the bread automatically. The bread automatically.

Answer 1

1) The police arrested two hundred people. Two hundred people were arrested.

2) We check every car engine thoroughly. Every car engine is checked thoroughly.

3) They send two million books to America every year. Two million books are sent to America every year.

4) They posted all the letters yesterday. All the letters were posted yesterday.

5) The machine wraps the bread automatically. The bread is wrapped automatically.

Answer 2

1. Two hundred people were arrested by the police.
2. Every car engine is thoroughly checked.
3. Two million books are sent to America every year.
4. All the letters were posted yesterday.
5. The bread is wrapped automatically by the machine.