Question

Change the sentences into the Passive Voice. 1) Someone is planting flowers in the garden. 2) She sent him an e-mail letter last Tuesday. 3) The children were laughing at the clown. 4) They will finish the building of a new airport soon. 5) Relatives can visit this patient. 6) Somebody was washing your car when it started to rain. 7) Where did you see that boy before? 8) Who is making photocopies now? 9) You must not tell lies to your parents. 10) By what time will you have prepared the chicken? Срочнооо!!!

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. These windows should be cleaned before tomorrow.

2. Some flowers were given to the boss by the workers. The boss was given some flowers by the workers.

3. The thieves were followed into a building by the police.

4. My car can`t be fixed by the mechanic.

5. We have been told the news by the neighbour. The news has been told to us by the neighbour.

6. The walls were painted by the students last year.

7. The pigeons are fed by the old woman every day.

8. John will be picked up at this office.

9. The visitors were shown the new house by her. The new house was shown to the visitors by her.

10. Litter shouldn`t be thrown on the ground.

11. The students were asked a very difficult question by the teacher at the oral exam.

12. First, the text has to be read and then, the exercises have to be done.

13. Tom was promised a hundred Euros by his parents if the test was passed by him. A hundred Euros were promised to Tom by his parents if the test was passed by him.

14. Were all the windows repaired?

15. We all were surprised by the news.

16. Are the exams being corrected by the teacher right now?

17. John has been sent a mysterious letter. a mysterious letter has been sent to John by someone.

18. Where was the book found?

19. We were driven by the taxi driver to the airport.

20. A UFO has been seen by many people in this area.

21. Have the plants been watered?

22. My purse was stolen by someone while the shopping was being done by me.

23. All the documents have already been sent to Mr. Smith by the secretary.

24. Michael has been offered an excellent job in a British company. An excellent job in a British company has been offered to Michael.

25. The bank robbers could be arrested by the police when the border was being cross by them.

26. The computer has been used by someone without permission.

27. A delicious cake is being baked by my grandmother.

28. My hotel room was being cleaned by the maid when I came in.

Answer 2

1) Flowers are being planted in the garden by someone. 2) An e-mail letter was sent to him by her last Tuesday. 3) The clown was being laughed at by the children. 4) The building of a new airport will be finished soon by them. 5) This patient can be visited by relatives. 6) Your car was being washed when it started to rain by somebody. 7) Where was that boy seen before by you? 8) Photocopies are being made now by who? 9) Lies must not be told to your parents by you. 10) By what time will the chicken have been prepared by you?

Please note that the changes made to the sentences are based on the assumption that the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence, and the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence. The verb is also changed to its passive form, and the auxiliary verb "is," "was," "will," etc., is used accordingly.