Passive Verbs Forms
Change the verb to the active voice and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the
same tense. In cases, it will be necessary to supply a subject (see the second
examples).
1.
The books were taken by John.
John took the books
2.
The boxes were mailed
today.
He mailed the boxes today
3.
The two packages were
opened by my secretary.
My secretary opened the two
packages.
4.
Our homework is corrected
by our teacher
Our teacher is corrects our
homework
5.
Two buildings have been
constructed by that company
That company have been
constructed two building
6.
That room wasn’t cleaned
carefully yesterday
She didn’t carefully clean
that room yesterday
7.
The truck is being loaded
by the men now
The men is loading the
truck now
8.
Was that machine checked by
the inspector ?
Did the inspector checked
that machine ?
9.
Will that report be written
by the same committee ?
Will the same committee
write that report ?
10. Has the news been announced by the president yet ?
Has The President been
announced the news yet ?
11. The mail is delivered to this office twice a day
He delivers the mail to
this office twice a day
12. All of us were surprised by his frank attitude
He surprises all of us with
his frank attitude
13. Was the repair work done by that mechanic ?
Did that mechanic do the
repair work ?
14. He wasn’t very much respected by the employees
The employees didn’t very
much respect him
15. Are many courses in English given during the summer ?
Is the teacher give many
courses during the summer ?
Change the verb to the passive voice and rewrite the
sentence. Be sure to keep the same tense.
1.
He signed the letter
The letter is signed by him
2.
The secretary opens the
mail every morning
The mail is opened by the
secretary every morning
3.
The committee is considering
that proposal right now
That proposal is being
considered by the committee right now
4.
The army will complete that
project next year
That project will be
completed by the army next year
5.
His boss has transferred
him to another department
He has been transferred by
his boss to another department
6.
Will the company distribute
the announcements ?
Will the announcement be
distributed by the company ?
7.
An artist wrote that
interesting article about Paris
That interesting article about Paris was written by the
Artist
8.
Today a large number of
people speak English
English is spoke by a large
number of people
9.
Didn’t they return those
books to the library ?
Was those books returned by
them to the library ?
10. The government has not changed that regulation yet
That regulation has not
been changed by the government yet
11. Someone stole all her valuable jewelry last night
All her valuable jewelry was stolen by someone last night
12. Miss Peters wrote all of the reports for Mr. Johnson
All of the reports for Mr.
Johnson was written by Miss Peters
13. Bad weather has delayed Flight 202 from Miami
Flight 202 from Miami has
been delayed because the bad weather
14. Did the court divide the money among the children ?
The money divided among the
children by the court ?
15. Many scholars have translated that famous Greek epic
That famous Greek epic has
been translated by many scholars
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