Passives

PASSIVES

Eddie washes the car --> The car is washed by Eddie

Eddie is washing the car --> The car is being washed by Eddie

Eddie has washed the car --> The car has been washed

People don´t read books nowadays --> Books aren´t read nowadays (the active subject is not necessary)

Causative: I am having my house painted (someone is painting it for me)

1.       Lots of people had parked their cars on the pavement.

2.       You have to fill in an application form.

3.       The fruit-pickers pick the apples early in the morning

4.       People asked me the way three times

5.       The managing director will announce the news to staff later today.

6.       They have offered me a new job in Hungary.

7.       The medical staff have declared the surgery a complete success.

8.       My uncle bought me this necklace when he was in Zimbabwe.

9.       They don´t know what happened to the ship.

10.   They first developed the polio vaccine in 1950s.

11.   You should make the sandwiches just before we leave.

12.   People are sending blankets and clothes to the flood victims.

13.   Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876

14.   They add sugar to fruit in order to make jam.

15.   BM will offer her a job

16.   The shop gave me a prize when I spent one thousand pounds.

17.   The tour guide showed us around the city

18.   He gave my child a free ice-cream cone

19.   She paid the workers three months ´salary when she closed her business.

20.   The boss offered him a rise for his hard work.

21.   The man told the boy to stop smoking at once.

22.   The woman wrote down the notes in a hurry.

23.   They didn´t give her a preset for her birthday.

24.   People speak English all over the world.

25.   They sell English books in that shop

26.   She doesn´t promise him a better job.

27.   They will have to rebuild many roads.

28.   The teacher told the students to do this activity.

29.   Doctors have treated many people for burns and shock.

30.   The secretary has given me her e-mail address

31.   They taught us about Nelson Mandela

32.   The ticket salesman offered us two games for free

33.   Christine promised her husband to wear a helmet.

34.   They have published many dictionaries.

35.   They have asked the company to reduce violence in the programme.

36.   We do not add any preservatives to our products

37.   The Government is now building a lot of new schools in the provinces.

38.   The police have just arrested him on suspicion of murder

39.   Will they publish her new book next month?

40.   They will have completed the new motorway by Christmas

41.   We haven´t cleaned the house for weeks.

42.   The company cut the water off because Mr and Mrs Dixon hadn´t paid their bill.

43.   They are going to open the new supermarket next week.

44.   They couldn´t use the car because the garage was servicing it.

45.   They publish a lot of books on information technology