domingo, 2 de diciembre de 2007

Passive Sentences 2

Children cannot open these bottles easily.
These bottles cannot be opened easily by children.
The government built a road right outside her front door.
A road outside her front door was built by the government.
Mr. Ross broke the antique vase as he walked through the store.
As Mr. Ross walked through the store he broke the antique vase.
When she arrived, the changes amazed her.
The changes amazed her when she arrived.
The construction workers are making street repairs all month long.
The street repairs are being made by construction workers all month long.
The party will celebrate his retirement.
His retiremente will be celebrated with the party.
His professors were discussing his oral exam right in front of him.
His oral exam was being discussed by his profesors right in front of him.
My son ate all the homemade cookies.
All the homemade cookies were eaten by my son.
Corrosion had damaged the hull of the ship.
The hull of the ship was damaged with corrosion.
Some children were visiting the old homestead while I was there.
The old homestead was being visited by some children while I was there.

Passive Sentences

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1. Change this active sentence to the passive:
A client delayed Joanne when she was leaving the office.
Joanne was delayed by a client when she was leaving the office.
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2. Change this active sentence to the passive:
The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30.
A meeting was being held by the tennis club at 6.30.
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3. Change this passive sentence to active:
The doorway was blocked by Sheba, the dog.
Sheba, the dog, blocked the doorway.
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4. Change this active sentence to passive:
Joanne had to take Sheba to the vet.
Sheba had to be taken to the vet.
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5. Change this active sentence to passive:
Her condition worried the vet.
The vet was worried by her condition.
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6. Change this passive sentence to active:
The dog was treated by the vet while Joanne went home.
The vet treated the dog while Joanne went home.
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7. Change this active sentence to passive:
The vet told Joanne to get out of the house.
Joanne was told to get out of the house.
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8. Change this active sentence to passive:
The telephone call confused Joanne.
Joanne was confused by the telephone call.
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9. Change this active sentence to passive:
The police captured the burglar.
The burglar was captured by the police.
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10. Change this active sentence to passive:
The dog had bitten off his fingers.
His fingers had been bitten off by the dog.
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