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    Passive - Special Cases: I. Change The Following Sentences Into Passive (Causative Form)

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    This document provides examples and exercises for transforming sentences from active to passive voice. It covers changing sentences to passive with causative verbs like "have" and "get", with infinitives or gerunds, using perception verbs like "see" and "watch", and transforming sentences that begin with "it is said/expected/known" etc. The exercises focus on changing who or what is the subject and object in sentences by restructuring them in the passive voice.

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    Passive - Special Cases: I. Change The Following Sentences Into Passive (Causative Form)

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    This document provides examples and exercises for transforming sentences from active to passive voice. It covers changing sentences to passive with causative verbs like "have" and "get", with infinitives or gerunds, using perception verbs like "see" and "watch", and transforming sentences that begin with "it is said/expected/known" etc. The exercises focus on changing who or what is the subject and object in sentences by restructuring them in the passive voice.

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    This document provides examples and exercises for transforming sentences from active to passive voice. It covers changing sentences to passive with causative verbs like "have" and "get", with infinitives or gerunds, using perception verbs like "see" and "watch", and transforming sentences that begin with "it is said/expected/known" etc. The exercises focus on changing who or what is the subject and object in sentences by restructuring them in the passive voice.

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    Passive - Special Cases: I. Change The Following Sentences Into Passive (Causative Form)

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    PASSIVE – SPECIAL CASES

    I. Change the following sentences into passive (Causative form)


    1. I had my nephew paint the gate last week.
    ...............................................................................................................
    2. She will have Peter wash her car tomorrow.
    ...............................................................................................................
    3. They have her tell the story again.
    ...............................................................................................................
    4. John gets his sister to clean his shirt.
    ...............................................................................................................
    5. Anne has had a friend type her composition.
    ...............................................................................................................
    6. Rick will have a barber cut his hair.
    ...............................................................................................................
    7. I will get the dressmaker to make a new dress.
    ...............................................................................................................
    8. He had a mechanic repair his car.
    ...............................................................................................................
    9. She often gets the technician to maintain the heater.
    ...............................................................................................................
    10. They had the police arrest the shoplifter.

    II. Make the sentences in passive (With infinitive or Gerunds)


    1. He expected people to have shown him more respect.
    He expected to have been shown more respect.
    2. She likes people giving her flowers.
    ..............................................................................................................
    3. They can’t stand people criticizing them.
    ...............................................................................................................
    4. She hates people keeping her waiting.
    ...............................................................................................................
    5. Someone ought to have told us about this.
    ...............................................................................................................
    6. Tom loves people complimenting him on his work.
    ...............................................................................................................
    7. John’s school is making him sit his exams again.
    John .......................................................................................................
    8. I remember my parents taking me to the circus.
    ...............................................................................................................

    III. Change the following sentences into passive (with let, help, make, see, watch...)
    1. I have heard her sing this song several times.
    ...............................................................................................................
    2. People saw him steal your car.
    ...............................................................................................................
    3. The teacher is watching them work.
    ...............................................................................................................
    4. He won’t let you do that silly thing again.
    ...............................................................................................................
    5. People don’t make the children work hard.
    ...............................................................................................................
    6. They made him work all day.
    ...............................................................................................................
    7. The detective saw the woman putting the jewelry in her bag.
    ...............................................................................................................
    8. The terrorists made the hostages lie down.
    ...............................................................................................................
    9. The police advise drivers to use an alternative route.
    ...............................................................................................................
    10. She helps me do all these difficult exercises.
    ...............................................................................................................
    IV. Turn the following into passive as in example (Verbs of perception)
    1. People expect him to win the race. He is expected to win the race.
    It is expected that he will win the race.
    2. Journalists report that the President is away in France.
    The President ...............................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................
    3. Everyone knows that the statement is untrue.
    The statement ..............................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................
    4. Many people believe that the climate is badly affected.
    The climate ...................................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................
    5. Everyone knows that Taylor earns much more than CR7.
    Taylor.................................................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................
    6. Many people say that the new prices are too high.
    The new ........................................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................
    7. They claim that this diamond is the largest in the world.
    This ..............................................................................................................................
    It ...................................................................................................................................

    V. Transform the following sentences


    1. It is said that many people are homeless after the floods.
    Many people _____________________________________.
    2. It is expected that the government will lose the election.
    The government _____________________________________.
    3. It is known that the Prime Minister is in favour of the new law.
    The Prime Minister ________________________________________________
    4. It is said that he is 108 years old. He __________________________________________
    5. They declared that she won the competition. She _________________________________
    6. People believed that 13 was an unlucky number.
    Number 13 _________________________
    7. They say that John is the brightest student in the class.
    John _____________________________________________________________
    8. People believed that the earth stood still.
    The earth ____________________________________________________
    9. People know that he is armed.
    He__________________________________________________________
    10. We believe that he has special knowledge which may be useful to the police.
    He__________________________________________________________

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