FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE.
1. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice.
John collects money.
We do not clean our rooms.
Did Sue draw this circle?
John wrote a letter.
The police caught the thieves yesterday.
They invited ten friends to the party.
My brother hit me.
They removed two cars from the street.
You don’t bake the best bread in town.
Last year we built 2,000 new units.
The wind slams the door.
Someone steals the eggs from the basket.
Nobody appreciated the product.
She didn’t leave the letter on the table.
Did they bring the horse down here?
They often misunderstand her.
They sent the parcel to the wrong address.
John and Mary walk the dogs at five o'clock.
My aunt doesn’t eat carrots.
My grandfather mops the floor every morning.
My dog doesn’t smell the food.
My friend’s cat drank milk in 5 seconds.
The car destroyed the pavement.
The soldiers freed the prisoners of war.
The paperboy left the newspaper in the grass.
The students greet the teacher at the beginning of each class.
The teacher asks many questions about students’ preferences.
The policewoman helped the boy to cross the street.
The plumber didn’t repair the broken pipe.
The hairdresser cut her hair.
The boy closed his schoolbag.
Their mother bought a hammer and some nails.
Their father chose the sofa for the sitting room.
FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE.
2. Rewrite the sentences in the active voice
An illegal time-out was called by one of the players.
The employees were informed of their loss of benefits by the boss.
The major points of the lesson are quickly learned by the class, but they are also quickly forgotten.
Chauncey is raised by his elderly grandmother.
Tall buildings and mountain roads were avoided by Raoul because he had such a fear of heights.
This car is manufactured in Japan by Toyota.
The report was written collaboratively by three engineers.
Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese.