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Passive To Active

This document provides examples of sentences written in the passive voice and asks the reader to rewrite them in the active voice. It includes sentences using regular passive constructions as well as special passive forms using modal verbs like "be believed" or "be said." It also checks if example sentences are written correctly in the active or passive voice and rewrites sentences using "have/get something done" constructions into the active voice.

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Passive To Active

This document provides examples of sentences written in the passive voice and asks the reader to rewrite them in the active voice. It includes sentences using regular passive constructions as well as special passive forms using modal verbs like "be believed" or "be said." It also checks if example sentences are written correctly in the active or passive voice and rewrites sentences using "have/get something done" constructions into the active voice.

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PASSIVE TO ACTIVE VOICE

1. Rewrite these passive sentences into


active ones:

2. Rewrite these special passive forms into


active sentences.

1. Peter was called by the headmaster.

2. Lots of CDs can be downloaded from the


Internet.

3. We were advised not to drink fizzy


drinks.

4. Why havent we been told about your


engagement?

5. Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.

6. Minutes were taken by the committee


secretary.

7. Nobody will help you with the


housework.

8. Essays can be sent to the teacher by


email.

9. Useless objects must be thrown away.

1. The actors performance was believed to be


the best of his career.

2. The new car is thought to be eco-friendly.

3. The crisis is expected to finish by 2013.

4. It was believed that aliens were green.

5. Dr Jones is said to get a nomination to a


Nobel Prize.

6. Its predicted that our health will improve


in the future.

7. The environment is said to worry people.

3. Say if the sentences are Right or Wrong.


Correct the wrong ones.

4. Change these have/get sth done sentences


into active ones.

1. My father has been give the sack.

2. Its expect Peter to pass his exams.

3. Nothing has been done to solve the


problem by anybody.

4. Will the project be tackled as soon as


possible?

5. She was thought to award the Oscar.

6. Susan is made help at home on


Saturdays.
.
7. Was Tom allow to go to the concert?

8. The party had be organized by the Mayor.

9. A meeting is hold by them every year.

10. Candidates are believed to been honest.

1. We have had our house cleaned.


.
2. Peter got his car repaired last month.

3. The children will have their exams marked


tomorrow.

4. The patient must have her appendix taken


immediately out.

5. Mum is going to get her hair dyed.

6. When will Tom his resignation accepted?

7. Pam is having her laptop fixed now.

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