1. Put These Sentences Into the Passive Voice

1. Put These Sentences Into the Passive Voice

The Passive (4)

Passive Voice and Modal Verbs
Sometimes a modal verb can be used before the auxiliary verb:
subject + modal verb + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)
- He ought tobe punished.
- It cannotbe necessary.
! Notice that modal verbs are always followed by the bare infinitive.

1. Put these sentences into the passive voice:

- I can answer the question.

- ……………………………………………………

- She would carry the box.

- ……………………………………………………

- You should open the window.

- ……………………………………………………

- We might play cards.

- ……………………………………………………

- You ought to wash the car.

- ……………………………………………………

- He must fill in the form.

- ……………………………………………………

- They need not buy bread.

- ……………………………………………………

- He could not read the sentence.

- ……………………………………………………

- Will the teacher test our English?

- ……………………………………………………

- Could Jenny lock the door?

- ……………………………………………………

- We all agree that we must take action
- Action...…………………………………………

- We ought to make things clear to them
- Things ...…………………………………………

- Everyone agrees that the company will employ no more staff.
- No more staff...……………………………………

- We all know we can't allow the situation to continue
- The situation ..………………………………………

- We'll hold the next meeting in May.
- The next meeting ...………………………………

- Of course we must keep the factory open
- The factory ...………………………………………

- We should warn the staff
- The staff ...…………………………………………

- We have to reduce costs
- Costs ...………………………………………………

- They will have to rebuild the entire front of the prototype.

- The entire front of the prototype ...………………

2. Complete the following sentences with a modal verb (must / have to / can / should ….)

- Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours.

- He ...…………… (to be) exhausted after such a long flight.

- The book is optional. My professor said we could read it if we needed extra credit. But we ...………………(to read) it if we don't want to.

- Susan ...……………… (not to hear) the speaker because the crowd was cheering so loudly.

- The television isn't working. It ...……………… (be) damaged during the move.

- Kate: ...……………… you...……………… (to hold) your breath for more than a minute?

Jack: No, I can't.

- You ...……………… (to be) rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I know haven't got a penny to their name.

- I've redone this math problem at least twenty times, but my answer is wrong according to the answer key. The answer in the ...………………(to be) wrong!

8. You ...………………(to do) the job if you didn't speak Japanese fluently.

9. You ...……………… (to worry) so much. It doesn't do you any good. Either you get the job, or you don't. If you don't, just apply for another one. Eventually, you will find work.