The passive voice - Corrected exercises

Exercises

Type the verbs in the correct tense, in the passive.

1. I don’t have to go to the newsstand because the paper is delivered to our house every day.
2. When Kylie went to school, she was picked up by her parents every day.
3. You need not clean the bathroom. It has already been cleaned by someone else.
4. Relax! From now on everything will be done for you.
5. When I came home, dinner had not been cooked yet.

Change the active sentences into passive sentences. Use the same tense as in the active sentence.

1. He invents silly things.
   → Silly things are invented.
2. I am reading a book.
   → A book is being read.
3. She has signed the contract.
   → The contract has been signed.
4. A car hit me.
   → I was hit.
5. My neighbours will take care of my plants.
   → My plants will be taken care of.

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

1. He opens the door. - The door is opened by him.
2. We set the table. - The table is set by us.
3. She pays a lot of money. - A lot of money is paid by her.
4. I draw a picture. - A picture is drawn by me.
5. They wear blue shoes. - Blue shoes are worn by them.
6. They don't help you. - You are not helped by them.
7. He doesn't open the book. - The book is not opened by him.
8. You do not write the letter. - The letter is not written by you.
9. Does your mum pick you up? - Are you picked up by your mum?

Construct sentences in the impersonal passive.

1. They think that he earns a lot of money.
   → He is thought to earn a lot of money.
2. Visitors say that these museums have wonderful exhibits.
   → These museums are said to have wonderful exhibits.
3. Everybody knows that this sculpture is the artist’s greatest work.
   → This sculpture is known to be the artist’s greatest work.
4. The police assume that the arrested man has robbed the bank.
   → The arrested man is assumed to have robbed the bank.
5. Experts suppose that this jewellery belonged to Cleopatra.
   → This jewellery is supposed to have belonged to Cleopatra.