The Passive Voice

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THE PASSIVE VOICE Exercises A. Write the following sentences in the passive. 1. They first developed the polio vaccine in the 1950´s.  2. To record you must press the red button and the black button at the same time. 3. You should make the sandiches !ust before you leave.  ". #eople are sendin$ blankets and clothes to the flood victims.  5.  %le&ander 'raham ( ell invented the telephone in 1 )*+.  +. The technicians ere repairin$ my fa& machine hen , arrived.  *. The cre ill bury the sailor at sea.  ). Toyota sells cars in many countries. 9. They add su$ar to fruit in order to make !am.  10. The tour $uide shoed us around the city. 11. -he paid the orkers three months´salary hen she closed don her business. 12. The boss has offered him a rise for his hard ork. 13. id you take the car to the $ara$e yesterday/ 1". e ill call you hen your turn comes.  15. y parents may $ive my brother the car for the first time toni$ht.  1+. o they clean the rooms every day/ 1*. They are paintin$ their house this eek. 1). veryone in our school knos her ell.  19. They are $oin$ to redecorate the room.  20. -he didn´t tell anyone about the phone call.  

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THE PASSIVE VOICE Exercises

A.  Write the following sentences in the passive. 

1.  They first developed the polio vaccine in the 1950´s. 

2.  To record you must press the red button and the black button at the sametime. 

3. 

You should make the sandiches !ust before you leave.  

".  #eople are sendin$ blankets and clothes to the flood victims.  

5.   %le&ander 'raham (ell invented the telephone in 1)*+. 

+.  The technicians ere repairin$ my fa& machine hen , arrived. 

*.  The cre ill bury the sailor at sea. 

).  Toyota sells cars in many countries. 

9.  They add su$ar to fruit in order to make !am. 

10. 

The tour $uide shoed us around the city. 

11. -he paid the orkers three months´salary hen she closed don her

business. 

12. 

The boss has offered him a rise for his hard ork. 

13. id you take the car to the $ara$e yesterday/ 

1". e ill call you hen your turn comes. 

15. y parents may $ive my brother the car for the first time toni$ht. 

1+. o they clean the rooms every day/ 

1*. They are paintin$ their house this eek. 

1). veryone in our school knos her ell. 

19. 

They are $oin$ to redecorate the room. 

20. -he didn´t tell anyone about the phone call.