Passive voice (ստուգողական աշխատանք)

Passive voice (ստուգողական աշխատանք)

I.

 Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

1.      They sell oysters in the shop next door.

Oysters are sold in the shop next door.

2.      They haven’t delivered the food yet.

Food hasn’t been delivered yet.

3.      Shakespeare wrote King Lear.

King Lear was written by Shakespeare.

4.      They have to answer the questions on this sheet.

The questions on this sheet have to beanswered.

5.      Has anybody put the cases upstairs?

Cases were put upstairs.

6.      Someone should take this rubbish away.

This rubbish should be taken away.

7.      They’ll ask you a lot of questions.

A lot of questions will be asked to you.

8.      Someone’s going to send her some flowers.

Some flowers are going to be sent to her.

9.      They didn’t pay me much for that job.

I wasn’t paid much for that job.

10. Have they offered him a better job?

Have a better job been offered to by him. (Has)

11. They told us a secret.

A secret was told to us.

12. Would they lend me their car?

Would their car be lent to me?

13. People should send their complaints to the head office.

Their complaints should be sent to the head office.

14. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.

The meeting had to be postponed because of illness.

15. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco.

Next year’s congress is going to be held in San Francisco.

16. The bill includes service.

Service is included in the bill.

17. People don’t use this road very often.

 That road are not used very often by the people.

18. They cancelled all the flights because of fog.

All the flights were cancelled because of fog.

19. Somebody accused me of stealing the money.

I was accused of stealing the money.

20. They are building a new ring-road round the city.

A new ring-road are being built round the city. (is)

II.

1. Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present and Past Tenses

a. English is spoken in many countries.

b. The post is delivered at about 7 o’clock every morning.

 c. Was building used any more? (isn’t)

d. How often are the Olympic games held?

 e. How are your name spelled?

f. My salary is paid every month.

 g. The original building was pull down in 1965.

h. Where is this pot made?

 i. When was this bridge built?

A lot of jewellery shop was broken into yesterday. The shop had just been locked by the owner when he was threatened by the robber with a gone. He was told to unlock the shop and give him all the diamonds in safe. Then he was tied up then by the robber. A search for the robber has been organized by the police. They hope he will be found in a few days. The owner of the shop is being treated for shock by the doctors.