Question

Change the following sentences in passive voice into active voice: 1. Text- messaging was invented by the Finnish company Nokia. 2. The first bikini was designed by two Frenchmen. 3. Light bulbs are designed specially to last only a certain number of hours. 4. The first Harry Potter book was written in a café in Edinburgh. 5. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming. 6. Penicillin was first made into a medicine by an Australian scientist Howard Florey. 7. Spiders were used as a cure for toothache in the 17th century. 8. Spiders were first made into a paste, and then put on the bad tooth. 9. Sherlock Holmes, a great detective was created by writer Arthur Conan Doyle. 10. Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person.

Answer 1

Change the following sentences in passive voice into active voice:

1. Text- messaging was invented by the Finnish company Nokia.

2. The first bikini was designed by two Frenchmen.

3. Light bulbs are designed specially to last only a certain number of hours.

4. The first Harry Potter book was written in a café in Edinburgh.

5. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming.

6. Penicillin was first made into a medicine by an Australian scientist Howard Florey.

7. Spiders were used as a cure for toothache in the 17th century.

8. Spiders were first made into a paste, and then put on the bad tooth.

9. Sherlock Holmes, a great detective was created by writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

10. Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person.

Change the following sentences in passive voice into active voice:

1. The Finnish company Nokia invented text-messaging.

2. Two Frenchmen designed the first bikini.

3. Designers make light bulbs to specially last only a certain number of hours.

4. The author wrote the first Harry Potter book in a café in Edinburgh.

5. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

6. An Australian scientist Howard Florey first made penicillin into a medicine.

7. People used spiders as a cure for toothache in the 17th century.

8. They first made spiders into paste, and then put it on the bad tooth.

9. Arthur Conan Doyle created the great detective Sherlock Holmes.

10. He based Sherlock Holmes on a real person.

Answer 2

1. The Finnish company Nokia invented text-messaging.
2. Two Frenchmen designed the first bikini.
3. Manufacturers design light bulbs specially to last only a certain number of hours.
4. An author wrote the first Harry Potter book in a café in Edinburgh.
5. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
6. An Australian scientist, Howard Florey, first made penicillin into a medicine.
7. People in the 17th century used spiders as a cure for toothache.
8. They first made spiders into a paste and then applied it to the bad tooth.
9. Writer Arthur Conan Doyle created the great detective Sherlock Holmes.
10. Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person.