Question

18. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice. 1. They sell oysters in the shop next door. _________________________________________________________________________________ 2. They haven’t delivered the food yet. _________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Shakespeare wrote King Lear. _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. They have to answer the questions on this sheet. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Has anybody put the cases upstairs? _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Someone should take this rubbish away. _________________________________________________________________________________ 7. They’ll ask you a lot of questions. _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Someone’s going to send her some flowers. _________________________________________________________________________________ 9. They didn’t pay me much for that job. _________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Have they offered him a better job? _________________________________________________________________________________ 11. They told us a secret. _________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Would they lend me their car? _________________________________________________________________________________ 13. People should send their complaints to the head office. _________________________________________________________________________________ 14. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness. _________________________________________________________________________________ 15. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco. _________________________________________________________________________________ 16. The bill includes service. _________________________________________________________________________________ 17. People don’t use this road very often. _________________________________________________________________________________ 18. They cancelled all the flights because of fog. _________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Somebody accused me of stealing the money. _________________________________________________________________________________ 20. They are building a new ring-road round the city. _______________________________________________

Answer 1

Oysters are sold in the shop next door.  

The food has not been delivered yet.

King Lear was written by Shakespeare. 

The questions on this sheet have to been answered.

Cases were put upstairs.

This rubbish should be taken away. 

A lot of question will be asked to you.

Some flowers are going to be sent to her by someone.  

That job was not paid to me. I was not paid much for that job. 

Have a better job been offered to him.

A secret was told to us. 

Would their car be lent to me ? 

Their complaints should be sent to the head office (by people). 

The meeting had to be postponed because of ilness. 

Next year’s congress are going to be hold in San Francisco.

Service is included in the bill. 

That road are not used very often.

All the flights were cancelled because of fog. 

I was accused of stealing the money.

A new ring-road is being built round the city. 

Answer 2

1. Oysters are sold in the shop next door. 2. The food hasn’t been delivered yet. 3. King Lear was written by Shakespeare. 4. The questions on this sheet have to be answered. 5. Have the cases been put upstairs by anybody? 6. This rubbish should be taken away by someone. 7. You’ll be asked a lot of questions. 8. Some flowers are going to be sent to her by someone. 9. I wasn’t paid much for that job. 10. Has he been offered a better job? 11. A secret was told to us. 12. Would their car be lent to me? 13. Their complaints should be sent to the head office by people. 14. The meeting had to be postponed because of illness. 15. Next year’s congress is going to be held in San Francisco. 16. Service is included in the bill. 17. This road isn’t used very often by people. 18. All the flights were cancelled because of fog. 19. I was accused of stealing the money by somebody. 20. A new ring-road round the city is being built.