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PASSIVE VOICE.
PRACTISE.
I- Turn the following sentences into the passive ( expressing the agent only
when necessary).
1. People say the Olympics are dangerous.
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2. Someone planted the bomb just before midnight.
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3. They had to take many victims to hospital.
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4. Doctors have given the victims much psychological help. ( give 2 possible sentences)
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5. In the future, people won't look at the Olympic Games in the same way.
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6. Two policemen drove the car.
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7. The man was pushing the woman into the house.
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8. Will Andrew give Lorna an important role?
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9. How many concertos did Elgar compose?
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10. They have to do something to solve their problem.
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11. My father may never allow me to marry you.
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12. You must not hang paintings on the wall without permission.
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13. They made newcomers breathe and cough.
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14. Everyone believes that john has seen the murderer.
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15. The employees saw the thieves run away.
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II- Turn the following sentences into the active .
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Some animals are only fed once a day.
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He was told to wait until his name was called.
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Refreshments are being served by younger students.
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The train had been held up by a serious accident.
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He should have been locked up earlier.
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III- Choose the correct forms, in the active or passive voice , of the verbs in
brackets.
Conservation purists like Dian Fossey, who ( to murder)……………………..in 1985 at the
remote research station that ( to become)……………………….her home, are becoming
extinct faster than the animals they aimed to protect.
In the last six years in Rwanda, only one gorilla has died after ( to catch)…………………in a
poacher's snare, yet the trap ( to set)……………………….not for an ape but for an antelope.
Uganda, the third country in the volcanic chain that is home to the mountain gorilla, last
month ( to decide)……………………. To create three national parks in areas ( to
inhabit)………………………….. by gorillas- with the idea of ( to attract………………….)
tourists there as well.