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Active to passive
Put the following into the passive voice. The agent should not be mentioned except in numbers 11 and 28. You should open the wine about three hours before you use it. Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. !omebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit. #e use this room only on special occasions. You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission. &n some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles. !omeone switched on a light and opened the door. !omebody had slashed the picture with a (nife. They are pulling down the old theatre. #hy didn+t they mend the roof before it fell in, The mob bro(e all the shop windows in recent riots. The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning boo(s. The police as(ed each of us about his movements on the night of the crime. !omeone will serve refreshments. People must not leave bicycles in the hall. -embers may (eep boo(s for three wee(s. After that they must return them. The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door. &+ve bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon. .Do not change the first sentence.) !omeone has already told him to report for duty at six. They rang the church bells as a flood warning. /o one can do anything unless someone gives us more information. People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago. The organi0ers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month. They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun. &t is high time someone told him to stop behaving li(e a child. A thief stole my dog and brought him bac( only when & offered 12* reward for him. The 2udge gave him two wee(s in which to pay the fine. They ma(e these artificial flowers of sil(.

Active to passive
Put the following into the passive3 mentioning the agent where necessary. #here there is an indirect and a direct ob2ect3 ma(e the indirect ob2ect the sub2ect of the passive verb. They gave her a cloc(. She was given a clock. The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be 4 past participle5 They advised employing part6time wor(ers. They advised that part-time workers should be employed. 1 2 They feed the seals at the 0oo twice a day. #ho wrote it, 7ompare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed. 8e expected us to offer him the 2ob. They showed her the easiest way to do it. 9ightning struc( the old oa(. Titian couldn+t have painted it as people didn+t wear that style of dress till after his death. A 2ellyfish stung her. The author has written a special edition for children. :udges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against 2ail6fever. #hat did he write it with, ; 8e wrote it with a matchstic( dipped in blood. An uneasy silence succeeded the shot. <id the idea interest you, The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle+s will. =eavers ma(e these dams. They used to start these engines by hand. /ow they start them by electricity.

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-ost people opposed this. !tudents are doing a lot of the wor(. The Prime -inister was to have opened the dry doc(. They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area. (Use should.D The closure of the wor(shops will ma(e a lot of men redundant. Anyone with the smallest intelligence could understand these instructions. #e will not admit children under sixteen. =oys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship. A rainstorm flooded the gypsies+ camp. The howling of wolves (ept him awa(e all night. They suggested ma(ing the tests easier. (Use should.D 7hildren couldn+t have done all this damage.

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Passive to active
Turn the following sentences into the active voice. #here no agent is mentioned one must be supplied. !chool notice5 This door must be (ept shut. Students must keep this door shut.

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#hy don+t you have your eyes tested, . ... get an optician to ... See !.D This speed limit is to be introduced gradually. The runways are being lengthened at all the main airports. &t is now % a.m. and at most of the hospitals in the country patients are being wa(ened with cups of tea. =yron is said to have lived on vinegar and potatoes. =y tradition3 any sturgeon that are caught by =ritish ships must be offered to the Eueen. This notice has been altered. The owners went away last -arch and since then their houseboat has been used continuously by sFuatters. (Use a continuous tense and omit continuously.D The damaged ship was being towed into harbour when the towline bro(e. 8ave a lift put in and then you won+t have to climb up all these stairs. 9ast year a profit of two million pounds was made in the first six months but this was cancelled by a loss of seventeen million pounds which was made in the second six months. 1vening dress will be worn. The ship was put into Fuarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land. !omeone will have to be found to ta(e her place. 8e was made to surrender his passport. This rumour must have been started by our opponents. -y paintings are to be exhibited for the first time by /ew Arts Aallery. This scientific theory has now been proved to be false. The car which was blown over the cliff yesterday is to be salvaged today. The house where the dead man was found is being guarded by the police to prevent it from being entered and the evidence interfered with. #hy wasn+t the car either loc(ed or put into the garage, &t is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads. Your money could be put to good use instead of being left idle in the ban(. Gor a long time the earth was believed to be flat. This copy hasn+t been read. The pages haven+t been cut. The stones were thrown by a student3 who was afterwards led away by the police. 7arrier pigeons are said to have been used by early 1gyptian and Aree( sailors. The referee was being escorted from the football field by a strong police guard.

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