Passive exercise
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This document provides examples of changing sentences from active to passive voice. It begins with 9 examples of changing the active sentence "Tom opens/opened the door" to passive voice by supplying the correct form of the verb "to be". It then provides 15 additional sentences and asks the reader to change them to passive voice. The overall summary is that this document demonstrates how to change sentences between active and passive voice through examples.
Passive exercise
- 1. PASSIVE EXERCISE Change the active to passive by supplying the correct form of be ! 1. Tom opens the door. The door ______is____ opened by Tom. 2. Tom is opening the door. The door is _____being____ opened by Tom. 3. Tom has opened the door. The door _has been________opened by Tom. 4. Tom opened the door. The door _____________opened by Tom. 5. Tom was opening the door. The door_____________ opened by Tom. 6. Tom had opened the door. The door _________had been___opened by Tom. 7. Tom will open the door. The door____________opened by Tom. 8. Tom is going to open the door. The door____is going to be_________opened by Tom. 9. Tom will have opened the door. The door ____will heva been_________opened by Tom. Change it into passive! 1. Shakespeare wrote that play. That play was written by Shakespeare 2. Bill will invite Ann to the party. ___________________________________________________________ 3. Alex is preparing that report. _______________________________________________________________ 4. Waitresses and waitress serve the costumers. _______________________________________________________________
- 2. 5. The teacher is going to explain the lesson. ______________________________________________________________ 6. Shirley has suggested a new idea. _______________________________________________________________ 7. Two horses were pulling the farmers wagon. _______________________________________________________________ 8. Kathy had returned the book to the library. _______________________________________________________________ 9. By this time tomorrow, the president will have made the announcement. _______________________________________________________________ 10. I didnt write that note. Jim wrote it. ________________________________________________________________ 11. Alice didnt make that pie. Did Mrs. French make it? ________________________________________________________________ 12. Does Prof. Jackson teach that course? I know that Prof. Jackson doesnt teach it. ________________________________________________________________ 13. Mrs. Andrews hasnt signed those papers yet. Has Mr. Andrews singed them yet? ___________________________________________________________________ 14. Is Mr. Brown painting your house? ___________________________________________________________________ 15. His tricks wont fool me. ___________________________________________________________________