Change The Verb

145

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 corrected our homework.

5. Two buildings have been constructed by that company.

That company contructed two buildings.

6. That room wasn’t cleaned carefully yesterday.

He wasn’t carfully cleaned the room yesterday.

7. The truck is being loaded by the man now.

The man is loading the truck.

8. was that machine cheked by the inspector?

Was the inspector checked the machine?

9. will that report be written by the same committe?

Will the same committe written that report?

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

Has the president announced the news yet?

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

He delivered the mail to this office twice a day.

12. All of us were suprised by his frank attirude.

His frank attitude was suprised all of us.

13. Was the repair work done by that mechanic?

Was the mechanic done the repair work?

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

The employee wasn’t respected him very much.

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

Is he given many courses in english this summer?

146

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 was opened by the secretary every morning.

3.The committee is considering the proposal right now.

The proposal is being considered by the committe right now.

4.The army will complete that project next year.

The project will be completed by the army next year.

5. His boss has transferred him to another department.

He has been transferred by his boss to another department.

6. Will the company distribute the announcements?

Will be the announcement distributed by the company?

7. An artist wrote that interesting article about Paris.

That interesting article about Paris was written by an artist.

8. Today a large number of people speak English.

A large number of people are spoken English today.

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

Didn’t  those books are returned by them to the library?

10.The government has not changed that regulation yet.

The regulation  has not been changed by government yet.

11. Someone stole all valuable jewelry last night.

All her valueable jewelry were stolen by someone last night.

12. Miss Peters wrote all of reports for Mr.Johnson.

All the reports for Mr.Jonhson were written by Ms. Peters

13.Bad weather has delayed Flight 202 from Miami.

Flight 202 from Miami has been delayed by the bad weather

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

Did the money among the children are divided by the court?

15.Many scholars have translated that famous Greek epic.

Famous greek epic has been translated by many scholars.