12.
Jack swam the 200
Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Past
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
metres._________________________________________
13.The dog bit the old
1. She sang a song.
lady.____________________________________________
14.Tom and Max ate five
_________________________________________________
2. Somebody hit me.
hamburgers.___________________________________
15.Oliver taught the
________________________________________________
3. We stopped the bus.
______________________________________________
4. A thief stole my car.
_______________________________________________
5. They didn't let him go.
_____________________________________________
6. She didn't win the prize.
___________________________________________
7. They didn't make their beds.
_______________________________________
8. She bought four
apples.____________________________________________
9. We won the match.
_______________________________________________
10.The man stole the blue
car._________________________________________
11.The police arrested the
children.__________________________________________
Fill in the blanks to change each active voice sentence into
a passive voice sentence:
EX: Henry Miller wrote that book. --> That book was written by
Henry Miller.
1. The president gave John an award. --> John ________________an
award by the president.
2. Everyone saw them. --> They ______________________________by
everyone.
3. The police brought him. --> He ____________________________by
the police.
4. The firefighters saved the women. --> The
women __________________by the firefighters.
thieves.______________________________________
5. All the students understood the explanation. --> The
explanation _________by all the students.
5. They wear blue shoes.
6. Mrs. Richardson filed two complaints. --> Two
_________________________________________
6. They don't help you.
complaints _______________by Mrs. Richardson.
7. That man stole my wallet. --> My wallet _____________________by
___________________________________________
7. He doesn't open the book.
that man.
______________________________________
8. You do not write the letter.
8. Everyone knew them. --> They _____________________________by
everyone.
_____________________________________
9. Mr Jones watches
9. A snake bit him. --> He _____________________________________by
films.________________________________________
10.The people speak
a snake.
10. Thomas and his brother built that house. --> That
house ________________by Thomas and his brother.
Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Present
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. He opens the door.
____________________________________________
2. We set the table.
______________________________________________
3. She pays a lot of money.
________________________________________
4. I draw a picture.
______________________________________________
English._______________________________________
11.He reads
comics.______________________________________________
12.We play
volleyball._____________________________________________
13.They sing the
song.____________________________________________
14.I take
photos._________________________________________________
15.She does the
housework._______________________________________
16.The policemen help the
children._________________________________
17.He writes
poems.______________________________________________
18.Mother waters the
4. The rubbish ___________________________(take) away three times
flowers.______________________________________
19.Farmers cut down a lot of
a week.
5. The name of the person who committed the
forests.________________________________
20.Cars and planes produce greenhouse
gases.________________________
21.Trees take in carbon
crime ___________(not /know).
6. What kinds of things ________________________(sell) in that
supermarket ?
dioxide.____________________________________
22.Extreme weather causes high
temperatures.________________________
23.Reporters write thousands of
7. The building _____________________________________(not /use)
anymore.
8. These computers __________________________________(make) in
articles._____________________________
24.Power stations use fossil
fuels.___________________________________
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1. The post _________________(deliver) at about 7 o'clock every
morning.
2. Dinner ________________________________(serve) at 8:30pm. in
this hotel.
3. His travel expenses _____________________________(pay) by his
company.
Taiwan.
