English Department María José Díaz mdiaz@colegioaltamira.cl
EXERCISE 1 Rewrite the sentencesin passive voice.
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Sheila is drinking a cup of tea. - _____________________________________________________________________ 2. My father is washing the car. - ______________________________________________________________________ 3. Farmer Joeis milking the cows. - ____________________________________________________________________ 4. She is taking a picture of him. - ______________________________________________________________________ 5. I am writing a poem. - _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. We are not playing football. - _______________________________________________________________________ 7. He is not wearing a tie. - ___________________________________________________________________________ 8. Is she preparing the party? - ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Are they talking about the meeting? - _________________________________________________________________ 10. Is she watering the flowers? - _______________________________________________________________________
II. Change the sentences to passive voice. 1. One of the cleaners has found my purse. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 2. The robber hit him on the head with a hammer. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 3. The government has built a new road in this area. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 4. The assistant handed me a note. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ 5. We elected John class representative. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Someone has taken my wallet. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Many people use bicycles as a means of transport. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. They advised me to get a visa.