Exercise 1: Turn the following sentences into passive
1. People believe that he was the first man to land on the moon.
2. He doesn't like people looking at him while he performs.
3. They made us work hard yesterday.
4. We suppose that you will be at the meeting in time this time.
5. Someone is watching you.
6. Don't use the elevator in case of a fire.
7. We will have to get a plumber to fix the pipe.
8. He shouldn't have told her the news.
9. Weeds cover the river banks.
10. They found that the visiting team had cheated.
11. They use milk for making cheese and butter.
12. A robber broke the window of the shop and took away the safe.
13. They speak English fluently.
14. Peter will look after my little brother.
15. No one has ever beaten me at chess.
16. Someone will tell him the news.
17. They have given the women in most countries in the world the right to vote.
18. They say that Jenny is the brightest student in the class.
19. People believed that the Earth stood still.
20. No one believes his story.
21. Are the police making inquires about the thief.
22. They declared that she won the competition.
23. The speaker reported that the President had suffered a heart attack.
24. They think that he had died a natural death.
25. We will continue to use these computers.
Exercise 2: Change the following sentences into passive
1. They can’t make tea with cold water.
2. The chief engineer was instructing all the workers of the plan.
3. Somebody has taken some of my books away.
4. They will hold the meeting before May Day.
5. They have to repair the engine of the car.
6. The boys broke the window and took away some pictures.
7. People spend a lot of money on advertising everyday.
8. They may use this room for the classroom.
9. The teacher is going to tell a story.
10. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife.
11. The chicken looked at the woman with a red hat.
12. They have provided the victims with food and clothing.
13. People speak English in almost every corner of the world.
14. You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 pm.
15. Luckily, for me, they didn’t call my name.
16. After class, one of the students always erases the chalkboard.
17. You must clean the wall before you paint it.
18. They told the new pupil where to sit.
19. I knew that they had told him of the meeting.
20. Nobody has ever treated me with such kindness.
21. I had him repaint my house last weekend.
22. We got the waiter to serve us during the dinner.
23. People began to plant rubber trees in big plantations.
24. He gave up the search after 3 hours.
25. Don’t speak until someone speaks to you.
Exercise 3: Turn the following sentences into passive
1. Did Ann discover the mistake?
2. Tommy didn’t break the chair.
3. She doesn’t the housework every morning.
4. She cooked the meals carefully.
5. She will put the flower vase in the living room.
6. Jane has just finished the needlework.
7. She is singing English songs now.
8. Your brother found the book, didn’t he?
9. I told the servant to shut the door.
10. I wound like to give Lan a nice present.
11. He doesn’t like people to ask him stupid question.
12. Write your name on this piece of paper.
13. They let us go out.
14. I had him repair my bicycle yesterday.
15. They saw her come in.
16. She hates peple staring at her.
17. John gave me a nice present.
18. I bought my mother some flowers.
19. Will you invite her to your wedding party?
20. Have they mended the window of the laboratory?
21. How many games has the team played?
22. Who are they keeping in the room?
23. Who looked after the children for you?
24. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books.
25. People believe that 13 is an unlucky number.
Exercise 4: Turn the following sentences into passive
1. I have heard her sing this song many times.
2. People saw him stole your car.
3. The teacher is watching us work.
4. We won’t let you do that silly thing again.
5. The manager don’t make the employees work hard.
6. Don’t make the same mistake.
7. Let’s tell them about it.
8. She advised me to sell that house.
9. You must see it to believe it.
10. He orders us to clean the floor.
11. You need to have your hair cut.
12. We enjoy writing letters to each other.
13. Take off your hat and put on the helmet whenever you ride a motorbike.
14. Maria has the porter carry her luggage to her car.
15. Ellen always helps me to do all the difficult exercises.
Exercise 5: Turn the following sentences into active
1. These exercises were done well.
2. This dress must be washed in cold water.
3. No mistakes have been made in his composition.
4. His painting will be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
5. This house was built 100 years ago.
6. These artificial flowers are made of silk.
7. The lessons are being written by the students now.
8. This job has to be done at once.
9. These animals at the zoo are fed twice a day.
10. The operation is going to be performed by French doctors.
Exercise 6: Change the following sentences into passive voice:
1. My parents sent me to an English speaking school. à ……………………………………………………
2. The fire has destroyed many houses. à…………………………………………………………………….
3. People say that he has been to the island of Nagua à………………..……………………………………
4. The police made the youth empty his pocketsà……………………..……………………………………
5. They are preparing the school for the president’s visit. à …………………………………………………
6. They haven’t cleaned the streets this week. à ……………………………………………………………
7. We have made great progress in our economy in the last few years. à …………………………………
8. Please don’t disturb me. à ………………………………………………………………………………
9. Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manager. à ………………………………………………
10. Smith Ltd are supplying our country with a new office furniture.à .……………………………………
11. No decision has been made yet. à ………………………………………………………………………
12. The police were following the suspects. à ………………………………………………………………
13. In that shop they always cut the cloth very carefully. à…………………………………………………
14. She is shortening the dress for you now. à ……………………………………………………………
15. The tailor measured my father for a new suit. à …………………………………………………………
16. We will sell all those new dresses by the weekend. à ……………………………………………………
17. They used to sew every button on by hand. à ……………………………………………………………
18. I think somebody has already told me that story. à ………………………………………………………
19. Customers may try on clothes before purchasing. à ………………………………………………………
20. They’re going to change the law on shopping hours. à …………………………………………………
21. The assistant was serving me when the bell rang. à ………………………………………………………
22. They had often talked of building a superstore there. à …………………………………………………
Exercise 7: Change into passive or active :
1. People speak English here. ..............................................................................................................................
2. They don't sell stamps in bookshops................................................................................................................
3. Nguyen Du wrote Kieu’s story. .......................................................................................................................
4. The teacher is going to tell us a story...............................................................................................................
5. Someone was cleaning the classroom when I came….....................................................................................
6. This factory is producing more and more pollution. .......................................................................................
7. Were the letters sent by Tom? ..........................................................................................................................
8. No one has signed the check. ..........................................................................................................................
9. Nobody believes his story. ..............................................................................................................................
10. Do they teach English in your school? ..........................................................................................................
11. This store was opened by Mr John in 1990. ..................................................................................................
12. The lessons are being written by the students. ..............................................................................................
13. Someone broke into my room and took away some pictures. .......................................................................
14. She will send him a gift on his birthday. .......................................................................................................
15. They gave me that bicycle last week. ...................................................................................
16. We know that English is an international language. .............................................................
17. People believed that the earth stood still. .............................................................................
18. They declared that he has died a natural death. ...................................................................
19. It is believed that 13 is an unhappy number. .........................................................................
20. The owner of the house was said to have gone abroad. ........................................................
21. It is said that she works 16 hours a day. ................................................................................
22. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall. ............................................
23. A nurse bandaged his arm. à He had ………………………………………………………..
Exercise 8: Use the correct voice ( active or passive) and the correct tense of the verb in sentence.
1. Almost everyone ( enjoy) ……………..... the lecture last night.
2. English ( teach) ……………..... in the schools of almost every nation.
3. That proposal ( consider) ……………..... by the members right now.
4. Smith ( teach) ……………..... at the University of Washington since 1999.
5. Not much ( say) ……………..... about that matter since that time.
6. That event (occur) ……………..... shortly after the meeting last week.
7. Less than half of the cans of paint ( use) ……………..... so far.
8. At this time, much attention (devote) ……………..... to that problem.
9. That old red house (build) ……………..... in the year 1822.
10. The report ( examine, not ) ……………..... by the committee of experts yet.
11. Cocktails ( serve) ……………..... to the guests about 10 minutes from now.
12. A second coat of paint ( spread) ……………..... over that surface tomorrow.
13. Everything ( go ) ……………..... well so far.. There ( be) ……………..... no trouble yet.
14. Listen to this. I think this news ……………..... (surprise) you.
15. The noise from the trains (annoy) ……………..... me terribly last night.
EXERCISE 9: CHUYỂN CÁC CÂU SAU SANG BỊ ĐỘNG.
1.My father waters this flower every morning.
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2.John invited Fiona to his birthday party last night.
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3.Her mother is preparing the dinner in the kitchen.
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4.We should clean our teeth twice a day.
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5.Our teachers have explained the English grammar.
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6.Some drunk drivers caused the accident in this city.
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7.Tom will visit his parents next month.
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8.The manager didn’t phone the secretary this morning.
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9.Did Mary this beautiful dress?
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10.I won’t hang these old pictures in the living room.
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11.The German didn’t build this factory during the Second World War.
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12.The Greens are going to paint this house and these cars for Christmas Day.
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13.Ann had fed the cats before she went to the cinema.
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14.The students have discussed the pollution problems since last week.
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15.Have the thieves stolen the most valuable painting in the national museum?
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16.Some people will interview the new president on TV.
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17.How many languages do they speak in Canada?
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18.Are you going to repair those shoes?
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19.He has broken his nose in a football match.
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20.Have you finished the above sentences?
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EXERCISE 10: CHUYỂN CÁC CÂU SAU SANG BỊ ĐỘNG.
1.The waiter brings me this dish.
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2.Our friends send these postcards to us.
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3.Their grandmother told them this story when they visited her last week.
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4.Tim ordered this train ticket for his mother.
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5.You didn’t show me the special cameras.
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6.She showed her ticket to the airline agent.
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7.He lends his friend his new shoes.
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8.She left her relatives five million pounds.
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9.The shop assistant handed these boxes to the customer.
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10.The board awarded the first prize to the reporter.
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11.Have you sent the Christmas cards to your family?
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12.The committee appointed Alice secretary for the meeting.
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13.He hides the broken cup in the drawer.
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14.They keep this room tidy all the time.
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15.They all voted the party a great success.
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16.We gave Ann some bananas and some flowers.
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17.They moved the fridge into the living room.
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18.She bought some cups of tea to the visitors in the next room.
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19.They find the new project worthless.
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20.The secretary didn’t take the note to the manager.
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*)THỂ BỊ ĐỘNG CÁC ĐỘNG TỪ TƯỜNG THUẬT
EXERCISE 11:CHUYỂN CÁC CÂU SAU SANG BỊ ĐỘNG.
1.They told me that you were the best architect in this city.
2.She reported that the flowers were killed by frost.
3.Some people inform me that the director is going to take a business trip to England.
4.That officer announced that the meeting was delayed until next week.
5.He discovered that this cotton was grown in Egypt.
6.They promise that the performance will start on time.
7.He recommends that we should stay at the city center.
8.We believed that Alice would pass the driving test.
9.The director notifies all the workers that they will have to work extra hard this month.
10.They have persuaded me that they will go with me to the stadium.
11.They have decided that the company will go to the beach together at the weekend.
12.People think that Maradona is the best football player in the 20th century.
13.They find that the job is not suitable for a girl like her.
14.The teacher explained that this powerful engine pulled the train.
15.He told me that his football team had played well last season.
*)THỂ BỊ ĐỘNG VỚI NHỮNG ĐỘNG TỪ SAI BẢO.
EXERCISE 12:CHUYỂN CÁC CÂU SAU SANG BỊ ĐỘNG.
1.I had my nephew paint the gate last week.
2.She will have Peter wash her car tomorrow.
3.They have her tell the story again.
4.John gets his sister to clean his shirt.
5.Anne had had a friend type her composition.
6.Rick will have a barber cut his hair.
7.I will get the dressmaker to make a new dress.
8.He had a mechanic repair his car.
9.She often gets the technician to maintain the heater.
10.They had the police arrest the shoplifter.
11.Are you going to have the shoemaker repair your shoes?
12.I must have the dentist check my teeth.
13.She will have a veterinary surgeon examine her dog.
14.We had a man take this photograph when we were on holiday last summer.
15.The Greens had a carpet cleaner clean their carpet.
EXERCISE 13: CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION
1. People don’t use this road very often.
A.This road is not used very often. B. Not very often this road is not used.
C. This road very often is not used. D. This road very often is used.
2. How do people learn languages?
A. How are languages learned? B. How are languages learned by people?
C. How languages are learned? D. Languages are learned now?
3. Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
A.The computer is being used at the moment. B. The computer at the moment is being used.
C. The computer is being used by somebody at the moment. D. The computer is used at the moment.
4. They are building a new highway around the city.
A. A new highway is being built around the city. B. A new highway is being built around the city by them.
C. A new highway around the city is being used. D. Around the city a new highway is being built.
5. They have built a new hospital near the airport.
A. A new hospital has been built near the airport by them. B. A hospital near the airport has been built.
C. A new hospital has been built near the airport. D. Near the airport a new hospital has been built.
6. People should send their complaints to the head office.
A. Complaints should be sent to the head office. B. Complaints should be sent to the head office by people.
C. Their complaints should be sent to the head office by people.D. Their complaints to the head office .
7. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.
A. The meeting had to be postponed because of illness.
B. The meeting had to because of illness to be postponed.
C. The meeting had to be postponed by them because of illness.
D. The meeting because of illness had to be postponed.
8. Somebody might have stolen your car.
A. Somebody might have been stolen your car. B. Your car might be stolen.
C. Your car might have been stolen by somebody. D. Your car might have been stolen
9. An electrical fault could have caused the fire.
A. An electrical could have been caused by the fire. B. An electrical could have been caused the fire.
C. The fire could have been caused by an electrical fault D. The fire could have caused an electrical
10. They will have changed the date of the meeting gain.
A. The date of the meeting has been changed again.
B. The date of the meeting has been changed by them again.
C. The meeting has been changed the date again.
D. The date of the meeting will have been changed again.
11. Brian told me that somebody had attacked him in the street.
A. I told by Brian that somebody had attacked him in the street.
B. I was told by Brian that he had been attacked him in the street.
C. Brian told me to have been attacked in the street.
D. Brian told me that he had been attacked in the street.
12. The teacher is going to tell a story.
A. The teacher is going to be told by a story. B. The teacher is gone to be told a story.
C. A story is gone to be told by the teacher. D. A story is going to be told by the teacher.
13. John used to visit Mr. Cole at weekend.
A. Mr. Cole was used to visit by Jonh at weekend. B. Mr. Cole used to visited by Jonh at weekend.
C. Mr. Cole used to been visited by Jonh at weekend. D. Mr. Cole used to be visited by Jonh at weekend.
14. They began to plant rubber trees in this big plantation.
A. They were begun to plant rubber trees in this big plantation.
B. They began to be planted rubber trees in this big plantation.
C. Rubber trees were begun to planted in this big plantation.
D. Rubber trees began to be planted in this plantation.
15. They say that many people were homeless after the tsunami.
A. They say many people to have been homeless after the tsunami.
B. They say many people to be homeless after the tsunami.
C. Many people are said to have been homeless after the tsunami.
D. Many people to be homeless after the tsunami.
16. They expect that the government will lose the election.
A. The government is expected to have lost the election.
B. The government is expected to lose the election.
C. They expected the government lose the election.
D. They expected the government have lost the election.
17. They think that the prisoner escaped by climbing over the wall.
A. The prisoner is thought to escape by climbing over the wall.
B. The prisoner is thought escaped by climbing over the wall.
C. The prisoner is thought having escaped by climbing over the wall.
D. The prisoner is thought to have escaped by climbing over the wall.
18. They believe that the thieves got in through the kitchen window.
A. The thieves are believed to have got in through the kitchen window.
B. The thieves are believed to get in through the kitchen window.
C. They believe the thieves got in through the kitchen window.
D. They believe the thieves have got in through the kitchen window
