PASSIVE VERB FORMS EXERCISES

Change the verb to the active voice and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the same tense. In some cases, it will be necessary to supply a subject (see the second example)

1.      The books were taken by John.

John took the books.

2.      The boxes were mailed today.

He mailed the boxes today.

3.      The two packages were opened by my secretary.

My secretary opened the two packages.

4.      Our homework is corrected by our teacher.

Our teacher is corrects our homework.

5.      Two buildings have been constructed by that company.

That company have been constructed two buildings.

6.      That room wasn’t cleaned carefully yesterday.

She didn’t carefully clean that room.

7.      The truck has been loaded by the men now.

The men is loading the truck now.

8.      Was that machine checked by the inspector?

Did the inspector check that machine?

9.      Will that report be written by the same committee?

Will the same committee write that report?

10.  Has the news been announced by the president yet?

Has the president been announced the news yet?

11.  The mail delivered to this office twice a day.

He delivers the mail to this office twice a day.

12.  All of us were surprised by his frank attitude.

He surprises all of us with his frank attitude.

13.  Was the repair work done by that mechanic?

Did the mechanic do the repair work?

14.  He wasn’t very much respected by the employees.

The employees didn’t very much respect him.

15.  Are many courses in english given during the summer?

Is the teacher give many courses during the summer?

Change the verb to the passive voice and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the same tense.

1.      He signed the letter.

The letter was signed by him.

2.      The secretary opens the mail every morning.

The mail is opened by the secretary every morning.

3.      The committee is considering that proposal right now.

That proposal is being considered by the committee right now.

4.      The army will complete that project next year.

That project will be completed by the army next year.

5.      His bos has transffered him to another department.

He has been transferred by his boss to another departement.

6.      Will the company distributes the announcements?

Will the announcements be distributed by the company?

7.      An artist wrote an interesting article about paris.

That an interesting article about paris was written by the artist.

8.      Today a large number of people speak english.

English is spoke by a lot number of people.

9.      Didn’t they return those books to the library?

Was those books returned by them to the library?

10.  The government has not changed that regulation yet.

That regulation has not been changed by the government yet.

11.  Someone stole all her valuable jewelry last night.

All her valuable jewelry was stolen by someone last night.

12.  Miss peters wrote all of the reports for mr.johnson.

All of the reports for mr.johnson was written by miss peters.

13.  Bad weather has delayed flight 202 miami.

Flight 202 from miami has been delayed because the bad weather.

14.  Did the court divide the money among the children?

Was the money divided among the children by the court?

15.  Many scholars have translated that famous greek epic.

That famous greek epic has been translated by many scholars.