Question

Write these sentences in the passive. 1. They take care of this child. 2. Nobody lived in that old house. 3. Will they show this film on TV? 4. They are building a new concert-hall in our street. 5. When I came home, he had already translated the text. 6. Someone wants you on the phone. 7. They looked for the newspapers everywhere. 8. I don't think she will have written the composition by Monday. 9. "Has Mark translated the articles?" "No, he is translating them now." 10. We were waiting for him the whole evening. 11. Do they often speak about him? 12. He didn't send for the doctor. 13. We shall do the translation in the evening. 14. By the middle of autumn we had planted all the trees. 15. The pupils are listening to the teacher now. 16. They haven't forgotten this story. 17. He doesn't tell me everything. 18. They were selling new books in this shop when I entered it yesterday. 19. Everybody looked at the teacher with great interest. 20. The doctor won't operate on him tomorrow. 21. We were looking at the teacher with great surprise. 22. They haven't told her the truth. 23. The students are translating this article now. 24. She looks after the patients well. 25. They did not wait for me.

Answer 1

1) This child is taken care by them.
2) That old house was not lived by anyone.
3) Will this film be shown on TV?
4) A new concert-hall is being built in our street.
5) When I came home, the text had already been translated.
6) You are wanted by someone on the phone.
7) Newspapers were looked everywhere by them.
8) I do not think the composition will have been written by her by Monday.
9) "Have the articles been translated by Mark yet?" - "No, he is tranclating them now"
10) He was being waited by us for the whole evening.
11) Is he often spoken by them?
12) The doctor was not sent by him.
13) The translation should be done in the evening.
14) All the trees had been planted by the middle of autumn.
15) The teacher is being listened by the pupils.
16) This story has not been forgotten.
17) I am not told everything.
18) New books were being sold in this shop when I entered it yesterday.
19) The teacher was looked by everybody with great interest.
20) He will not be operated by the doctor tomorrow.
21) The yeacher was looked by us with great surprise.
22) The truth has not been told by them.
23) This article is being translated by the students now.
24) The patients are looked well after her.
25) I was not waited by them.

Answer 2

1. This child is taken care of by them. 2. That old house was not lived in by anybody. 3. Will this film be shown on TV by them? 4. A new concert hall is being built in our street by them. 5. When I came home, the text had already been translated by him. 6. You are wanted on the phone by someone. 7. The newspapers were looked for everywhere by them. 8. I don't think the composition will have been written by her by Monday. 9. "Have the articles been translated by Mark?" "No, he is translating them now." 10. He was waited for the whole evening by us. 11. Is he often spoken about by them? 12. The doctor was not sent for by him. 13. The translation will be done in the evening by us. 14. By the middle of autumn, all the trees had been planted by us. 15. The teacher is being listened to by the pupils now. 16. This story hasn't been forgotten by them. 17. Everything is not told to me by him. 18. New books were being sold in this shop when I entered it yesterday. 19. The teacher was looked at with great interest by everybody. 20. He will not be operated on by the doctor tomorrow. 21. The teacher was looked at with great surprise by us. 22. The truth hasn't been told to her by them. 23. This article is being translated by the students now. 24. The patients are looked after well by her. 25. I was not waited for by them.