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Passive Voice Exercises

The document contains a series of sentences that have been converted from active to passive voice. The original subjects are removed as they are not important. Various everyday activities and events are described such as speaking a language, drinking tea, discussing the weather, and a train robbery.

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Passive Voice Exercises

The document contains a series of sentences that have been converted from active to passive voice. The original subjects are removed as they are not important. Various everyday activities and events are described such as speaking a language, drinking tea, discussing the weather, and a train robbery.

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PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES + KEY 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) hey s!ea" #rench at this sho!.

$) Somebody sto%e my car. &) hey ha'e sent the boo"s to the wrong address.

() Somebody wi%% bring the beer. )) Somebody has bo*ght this f*r coat. +) Somebody has %eft this *mbre%%a behind. ,) .) 0) hey ha'en-t ca*ght the robbers yet. hey don-t drin" ice/co%d beer in Eng%and. hey eat a %ot of fish.

11) hey drin" tea with mi%" at %east fi'e times a day. 11) hey disc*ss the weather e'ery day. 1$) Some men robbed the 2%asgow/3ondon mai% train in 10+1. 1&) hey sto!!ed the train between two stations. 1() hey disconnected the engine and the first two coaches. 1)) hey dro'e them to a %one%y bridge.

1+) 4eo!%e disc*ssed the mai% robbery a%% o'er the wor%d. 1,) he !o%ice ca*ght some of the robbers and fo*nd !art of the money.. 1.) he co*rt sentenced the men in 5an*ary 10+(. 10) Somebody wi%% %oo" after their chi%dren. $1) 6o* ha'e not !aid for the car.

7E6 1. $. &. (. ). +. ,. .. 0. 11. 11. 1$. 1&. 1(. 1). 1+. #rench is s!o"en at this sho!. My car was sto%en. he boo"s ha'e been sent to the wrong address. he beer wi%% be bro*ght. his f*r coat has been so%d. 8 his f*r coat has been bo*ght.) his *mbre%%a has been %eft behind. he robbers ha'en-t been ca*ght yet. 9ce/co%d beer is not dr*n" in Eng%and. A %ot of fish is eaten. ea with mi%" is dr*n" at %east fi'e times a day. he weather is disc*ssed e'ery day. he 2%asgow/3ondon mai% train was robbed in 10+1. he train was sto!!ed between two stations. he engine and the first two coaches were disconnected. hey were dri'en to a %one%y bridge. he mai% robbery was disc*ssed a%% o'er the wor%d.

1,. Some of the robbers were ca*ght and !art of the money was fo*nd. 1.. 10. $1. he men were sentenced in 5an*ary 10+(. heir chi%dren wi%% be %oo"ed after. he car has not been !aid for.

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