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The Passive Exercises-Mixed Tenses and Two Objects

The document provides examples of sentences written in the active voice and rewrites them in the passive voice. It contains two sections - the first changes sentences with mixed tenses to the passive and the second changes sentences with two objects to the passive. The goal is to demonstrate how to rewrite sentences from the active to the passive voice.

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The Passive Exercises-Mixed Tenses and Two Objects

The document provides examples of sentences written in the active voice and rewrites them in the passive voice. It contains two sections - the first changes sentences with mixed tenses to the passive and the second changes sentences with two objects to the passive. The goal is to demonstrate how to rewrite sentences from the active to the passive voice.

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The Passive: Mixed Tenses

Change these sentences from active to passive:

1. People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


2. The Government is planning a new road near my house.
3. My grandfather built this house in 1943.
4. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
5. The cleaner has cleaned the office.
6. He had written three books before 1867.
7. John will tell you later.
8. By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.
9. Somebody should do the work.
10. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.
11. Everybody loves Mr Brown.
12. They are building a new stadium near the station.
13. The wolf ate the princess.
14. At six o’clock someone was telling a story.
15. Somebody has drunk all the milk!
16. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
17. A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
18. By next year the students will have studied the passive.
19. James might cook dinner.
20. Somebody must have taken my wallet.

The Passive: Verbs with Two Objects


1. John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.
2. I lent a pencil to Graham.
3. Fiona told the truth to Julian.
4. They offered the job to Simon.
5. The boss showed the new computer to Anna.
6. Julie taught the grammar to the students.
7. I sent the email to John.
8. Lucy threw the ball to the child.
9. Sophia sold the car to a doctor.
10. I asked the question to David.
The Passive: Mixed Tenses
Change these sentences from active to passive:

21. People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


22. The Government is planning a new road near my house.
23. My grandfather built this house in 1943.
24. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
25. The cleaner has cleaned the office.
26. He had written three books before 1867.
27. John will tell you later.
28. By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.
29. Somebody should do the work.
30. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.
31. Everybody loves Mr Brown.
32. They are building a new stadium near the station.
33. The wolf ate the princess.
34. At six o’clock someone was telling a story.
35. Somebody has drunk all the milk!
36. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
37. A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
38. By next year the students will have studied the passive.
39. James might cook dinner.
40. Somebody must have taken my wallet.

The Passive: Verbs with Two Objects


11. John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.
12. I lent a pencil to Graham.
13. Fiona told the truth to Julian.
14. They offered the job to Simon.
15. The boss showed the new computer to Anna.
16. Julie taught the grammar to the students.
17. I sent the email to John.
18. Lucy threw the ball to the child.
19. Sophia sold the car to a doctor.
20. I asked the question to David.

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