Passive 5

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TEST A Name................................................. TEST B Name.................................................

Active to passive. Active to passive.

I. Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention tha agent I. Put the transitive verbs into the passive voice. Do not mention tha agent
unless it seems necessary. unless it seems necessary.

1. The milkman brings the milk to my door but the postman leaves the 1. Someone left this purse in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.
letters in the hall.
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2. We build over 1,000 new houses a year. Last year we built 1,500.
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2. People steal things from supermarkets every day; someone stole twenty …………………………………………………………………………………
bottles of whisky from this one last week. 3. Passengers leave all sorts of things in buses. The conductors collect them
and send them to the Lost Property Office.
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3. The postman usually clears this box in the morning. He last cleared it at ...........................................................................................................................
6a.m. 4. An ambulance took the sick man to hospital. (Mention ambulance)
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4. Someone turned on a light in the hall and opened the door. ………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………… 5. We kill and injure people on the roads every day. Can’t we do something
about this?
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5. We never saw him in the dining-room. A maid took all his meals up to ...........................................................................................................................
him.
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II. The passive voice- verbs with two objects.
II. The passive voice- verbs with two objects. I lent you five hundred pounds last year.

1. Mary sent me a letter. a) You………………………………………………………

a) I………………………… b) Five……………………………………………………..

b) A letter…………………………. 3. They told us many amusing stories.

2. We gave our teacher some flowers for her birthday. a) We ………………………………………………………..

a) Our teacher……………………………………………. Many amusing stories……………………………………..

b) Some flowers…………………………………………..

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