Question

A. Change the following sentences, active to passive or passive to active:
1. Bell invented telephone in 1876.
2. This country house is not used very often.
3. What are they building in Church Street?
4. The motorbike was three years old but we hadn’t used it very much.
5. We were afraid that somebody was watching our burglary.
6. They came to the party although they hadn't been invited.
7. The patient is being operated on by the professor at the moment.
8. Has a dog ever bitten you?
9. They will increase our salaries.
10. Your walkman was broken by my younger brother by accident.
B. Fill in the gaps using the verbs in brackets in the correct form:
11. Most of the Earth's surface _______cover by water
12. This problem_____ (not solve) until the next meeting.
13. All fights______(cancel) since yesterday's air crash.
14. When___these photographs____ (take)?They are too old and dog – eared.
15. I rushed into my hotel room but my camera__already___ (steal).
16. ___You ever__ (sack) from your job?
17. Our office___ (repair) at the moment
18. Do you think that more money should ___(spend) on clothes.
19. When we arrived at the airport we ___(wait for) by the representative of the company.
20. They didn't broadcast the football match. It might ____(postpone).
C. Use the underlined words as the subject of the sentences:
21. It is alleged that -the bell- boy- has just taken our luggage to our room.
22. It is believed that -this travel agency- wasted a lot of money last year.
23. It was considered that -a lot of people- had been badly injured by fire.
24. It is reported that -our government- will build more hospitals and schools next year.
25. It was expected that -a lot of people- were homeless after the war.

Answer 1

A. Change the following sentences, active to passive or vice versa.

1. Bell invented telephone in 1876.

Change. The telephone was invented by Bell in 1876.

2. This country house is not used very often.

Change. We don't use this country house very often.  

3. What are they building in Church Street?

Change. What is being built in Church Street?

4. The motorbike was three years old but we hadn’t used it very much.

Change. The motorbike was three years old but it hadn't been used very much.

5. We were afraid that somebody was watching our burglary.

Change. We were afraid that our burglary was being watched.

6. They came to the party although they hadn't been invited.

Change. They came to the party although we hadn't invited them.  

7. The patient is being operated on by the professor at the moment.

Change. The professor is operating on the patient at the moment.

8. Has a dog ever bitten you?

Change. Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

9. They will increase our salaries.

Change. The salaries will be increased.

10. Your walkman was broken by my younger brother by accident.

Change. My younger brother broke your walkman by accident.

Примечание. Обращаю внимание, что при трансформации предложений в Passive Voice обычно не пишется by us, by them, by somebody и т.д. Пишется по желанию. Это не будет считаться ошибкой, но вроде как лишние слова.

B. Fill in the gaps using the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

11. Most of the Earth's surface is covered by water.

12. This problem cannot/won't be solved until the next meeting.

13. All flights had been cancelled since yesterday's air crash.

14. When were these photographs taken? They are too old and dog-eared.

15. I rushed into my hotel room but my camera was already stolen.

16. Have you ever been sacked from your job?

17. Our office is being repaired at the moment.

18. Do you think that more money should be spent on clothes?

19. When we arrived at the airport we were waited for by the representative of the company.

20. They didn't broadcast the football match. It might have been postponed.

Примечание. В 12-ом и тот, и другой варианты возможны.

C. Use the underlined words as the subject of the sentences.

21. It is alleged that the bell-boy has just taken our luggage to our room.

Change. The bell-boy alleges that he has just taken our luggage to our room.

22. It is believed that this travel agency wasted a lot of money last year.

Change. This travel agence believes that they wasted a lot of money last year.

23. It was considered that a lot of people had been badly injured by fire.

Change. A lot of people considered that they had been badly injured by fire.

24. It is reported that our government will build more hospitals and schools next year.

Change. Our government reports that they will build more hospitals and schools next year.

25. It was expected that a lot of people were homeless after the war.

Change. A lot of people expected that they were homeless after the war.