matrix intermediate
UNIT 3
PASsive voice
1 Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary.
1 The milkman brings the milk to my door but the postman leaves the letters in the hall.
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2 In future, perhaps, they won't bring letters to the houses, and we shall have to collect them from the Post Office.
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3 People steal things from supermarkets every day; someone stole twenty bottles of whisky from this one last week.
4 Normally men sweep this street every day, but nobody swept it last week.
5 The postman clears this box three times a day. He last cleared it at 2.30.
6 Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door.
7 Women clean this office in the evening after the staffs have left; they clean the upstairs offices between seven and eight in the morning.
8 We never saw him in the dining-room. A maid took all his meals up to him.
9 Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
10 We build well over 1,000 new houses a year. Last year we built 1,500.
11 We serve hot meals till 10.30, and guests can order coffee and sandwiches up to 11.30.
12 Passengers leave all sorts of things in buses. The conductors collect them and send them to the Lost Property Office.
13 An ambulance took the sick man to hospital. (Mention ambulance.)
14 We kill and injure people on the roads every day. Can't we do something about this?
15 Dogs guard the warehouse. The other day a thief tried to get in and a dog saw him and chased him. (A thief who . . .)
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2 Change the sentences from the active to the passive.
1 Did they catch the thief?
2 Will The King inaugurate the new bridge?
3 Do they make cars in Korea?
4 Do the hounds kill the fox?
5 Did the bull kill the matador?
6 Have the police found the body?
7 Why has the government banned the film?
8 When did they hijack the plane?
9 How did your host family treat you?
10 What caused the accident?
11 Has anyone cleaned the oven yet?
12 Is a doctor going to examine you?
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3 Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary.
1 Why did no one inform me of the change of plan?
2 Tom Smith wrote the book and Brown and Co. published it.
3 We shall have to tow the car to the garage.
4 I'm afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more.
5 We will prosecute trespassers.
6 Someone stole my car and abandoned it fifteen miles away. He had removed the radio but done no other damage.
7 You must keep dogs on leads in the gardens.
8 They haven't stamped the letter.
9 They didn't pay me for the work; they expected me to do it for nothing.
10 He escaped when they were moving him from one prison to another.
11 She didn't introduce me to her mother.
12 A frightful crash wakened me at 4 a.m.
13 When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night.
14 They threw away the rubbish. A Japanese firm makes these television sets.
15 An earthquake destroyed the town.
4 Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention the agent unless it seems necessary.
1 They searched his house and found a number of stolen articles.
2 Nobody has used this room for ages.
3 They took him for a Frenchman, his French was so good.
4 You should have taken those books back to the library.
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