Saturday, October 22, 2011

passive voice assignment


1.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         The government spends billions of dollars every year.
PASSIVE
·         Dollar are spends billions of every year by the government.

(B)       ACTIVE
·         MRS. Lucy almost never eats sushi in a restaurant.
PASSIVE
·         Sushi is almost never eaten in a restaurant by Mrs. Lucy.

2.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         People are destroying large areas of forest now.
PASSIVE
·         Large areas of forest are being destroyed by people now.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         Donny is keeping the butter in the fridge now.
PASSIVE
·         The butter is being kept in the fridge by donny now.

3.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         They should have finished the hotel by the time you arrive.
PASSIVE
·         The hotel by the time you arrive should has been finished by them.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         Roland has broken the record for sailing round the world single handed.
PASSIVE
·         The record has been broken for sailing round the world single handed by ronald.


4.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         Resty has been reading a thesis in the park before it rained.
PASSIVE
·         A thesis have been being reading in the park before it round by resty.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         The teacher has been explaning a difficult pattern for 2 hour.
PASSIVE
·         A difficult pattern have been being explaning for 2 hours by the teacher.

5.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         Which football team did you supported last season?
PASSIVE
·         Wich football team was supported by you last season?
(B)       ACTIVE
·         Which house did you bought for your mother?
PASSIVE
·         Which house was bought by you for your mother?

6.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         They were building a new supermarket near in the church.
PASSIVE
·         A new supermarket were being builded near in the church by them.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         The was taking the cake out of the oven.
PASSIVE
·         The cake was being taken out of the oven by him.

7.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         I had studied arabic before I moved here.
PASSIVE
·         Arabic has been studied by me before I moved here.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         I had saved my documen before the computer crashed.
PASSIVE
·         My document had been saved by me before the computer crashed.

8.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         They had been taking the refugees to camp outside the village for 5 hours.
PASSIVE
·         The refugees had been being taken to camp outside the village for 5 hours by them.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         I had been finishing some work in the garden.
PASSIVE
·         Some work had been being finished in the garden by me.

9.    (A)       ACTIVE
·         Will you sell this car to pay your debts?
PASSIVE
·         Will this car be sold by you to pay your debts?
(B)       ACTIVE
·         Will she spend her holiday a broad?
PASSIVE
·         Will her holiday be spend a broad by her?

10. (A)       ACTIVE
·         At 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon, I will be signing the contract.
PASSIVE
·         At 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon the contract will be being signed by me.

(B)       ACTIVE
·         You will be missing the sunshine.
PASSIVE
·         The sunshine will be being missed by you.

11. (A)       ACTIVE
·         You will have finished your work by this time next week.
PASSIVE
·         Your work will have been finished by this time next week by you.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         I will have picked up my mother by 3 o’clock.
PASSIVE
·         My mother will have been picked up by me by 3 o’clock.

12. (A)       ACTIVE
·         By the time I finish this course, I wil have been learning English for twenty years.
PASSIVE
·         By the time I finish this course, English will have been being learnt for twenty years by me.
(B)       ACTIVE
·         By the time I finish this course, I wil have been learning English for twenty years.
PASSIVE
·         The time Ifinished this course, english will have been being learnt by me for twenty years.

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