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Passive Voice Exercise (With Answers)

This document provides examples of sentences written in the active voice and their equivalent passive voice forms. It contains 40 sentences paired with their passive transformations. The passive voice is used to change the focus of a sentence from the subject performing the action to the recipient of the action.

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Passive Voice Exercise (With Answers)

This document provides examples of sentences written in the active voice and their equivalent passive voice forms. It contains 40 sentences paired with their passive transformations. The passive voice is used to change the focus of a sentence from the subject performing the action to the recipient of the action.

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PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES (ANSWERS)

1) The Government is planning a new road near my house.

[ A new road is being planned near my house ]

2) My grandfather built this house in 1943.

[ This house was built in 1943 by my grandfather ]

3) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.

[ Guernica was being painted at that time by Picasso ]

4) The cleaner has cleaned the office.

[ The office has been cleaned ]

5) He had written three books before 1867.

[ Three books had been written before 1867 ]

6) John will tell you later.

[ You will be told later by John ]

7) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

[ Portuguese is spoken in Brazil ]

8) Everybody loves Mr Brown.

[ Mr Brown is loved by everybody ]

9) They are building a new stadium near the station.

[ A new stadium is being built near the station ]

10) The wolf ate the princess.

[ The princess was eaten by the wolf ]

11) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.

[ At six o'clock a story was being told ]

12) Somebody has drunk all the milk!

[ All the milk has been drunk ]

13) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.

[ All the windows had been cleaned before the storm ]

14) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.

[ The computer will be repaired tomorrow ]


15) He has lent her the umbrella.

[She has been lent the umbrella by him.]

16) He gave me a good advice.

[I was given good advice by him.]

17) Dad promised us some money.

[We were promised some money by dad.]

18) They'll give him a reward.

[He will be given a reward by them.]

19) He told me the whole story.

[I was told the whole story by him.]

20) They have sent her the bill.

[She has been sent the bill by them.]

21) She'll show us the way.

[We will be shown the way by her.]

22) He has paid her a lot of money.

[She has been paid a lot of money by him.]

23) Peter wrote it down correctly.

[It was written down correctly by Peter.]

24) Noise kept him awake.

[He was kept awake by noise.]

25) Dad sometimes takes me to the station.

[I am sometimes taken to the station by dad.]

26) She'll give me his address.

[I will be given his address by her.]

27) The boy writes poems.

[Poems are written by the boy .

28) The girl drove the blue car.

[The blue car was driven by the girl.]

29) They have collected enough money.

[Enough money has been collected by them.]


30) They will open a new restaurant.

[A new restaurant will be opened by them.]

31) The little boy can draw pictures.

[Pictures can be drawn by the little boy.]

32) The guard watched the prisoner.

[The prisoner was watched by the guard.]

33) They will not play soccer.

[Soccer will not be played by them.]

34) Her friend gave her a book.

[A book was given to her by her friend.]

35) They offered him a job.

[A job was offered to him by them.]

36) The man showed us the house.

[We were shown the house by the man.]

37) My friend gave me a pen.

[I was given a pen by my friend.]

38) Rita will take a photograph.

[A photograph will be taken by Rita.]

39) Shiva was flying a kite.

[A kite was being flown by Shiva.]

40) The people were helping the wounded woman.

[The wounded woman was being helped by the people.]

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