PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

Turn the verbs in the following sentences into the passive, but do not change the tenses!
The original subject disappears because it is not important.

E.g.: Somebody fetched a chair for Mrs Dixon. => A chair was fetched for Mrs Dixon.

  1)      They speak French at this shop. ________________________________________

  2)      Somebody stole my car. ________________________________________

  3)      They have sent the books to the wrong address. ____________________________________

  4)      Somebody will bring the beer. ________________________________________

  5)      Somebody has bought this fur coat. ________________________________________

  6)      Somebody has left this umbrella behind. ________________________________________

  7)      They haven't caught the robbers yet. ________________________________________

  8)      They don't drink ice-cold beer in England. ________________________________________

  9)      They eat a lot of fish. ________________________________________

  10)  They drink tea with milk at least five times a day. _____________________________________

  11)  They discuss the weather every day. ________________________________________

  12)  Some men robbed the Glasgow-London mail train in 1961. _____________________________

  13)  They stopped the train between two stations. ________________________________________

  14)  They disconnected the engine and the first two coaches. ______________________________

  15)   They drove them to a lonely bridge. ________________________________________

  16)  People discussed the mail robbery all over the world. _________________________________

  17)  The police caught some of the robbers and found part of the money.. _______________________________________

  18)  The court sentenced the men in January 1964. ________________________________________

  19)  Somebody will look after their children. ________________________________________

  20)  You have not paid for the car. ________________________________________

              

               

                                                  

KEY

1.        French is spoken at this shop.

2.        My car was stolen.

3.        The books have been sent to the wrong address.

4.        The beer will be brought.

5.        This fur coat has been sold. (This fur coat has been bought.)

6.        This umbrella has been left behind.

7.        The robbers haven't been caught yet.

8.        Ice-cold beer is not drunk in England.

9.        A lot of fish is eaten.

10.    Tea with milk is drunk at least five times a day.

11.    The weather is discussed every day.

12.    The Glasgow-London mail train was robbed in 1961.

13.    The train was stopped between two stations.

14.    The engine and the first two coaches were disconnected.

15.    They were driven to a lonely bridge.

16.    The mail robbery was discussed all over the world.

17.    Some of the robbers were caught and part of the money was found.

18.    The men were sentenced in January 1964.

19.    Their children will be looked after.

20.    The car has not been paid for.