CHUYÊN ĐỀ 7: CÂU CHỦ ĐỘNG – BỊ ĐỘNG

B. PRACTICE EXERCISES
Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verb given in each following blank.
Question 1: The problem already (discuss)______by the board of directors when it was proposed again.
Question 2: The building (build)______on waste land near the town since 2017 by contractors.
Question 3: Billions of dollars (spend)______on cancer research by the government last year.
Question 4: References (not use)______in the exam rooms.
Question 5: Ted (bite)______by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.
Question 6: The meeting (hold)______in this hall tomorrow.
Question 7: This house and these cars (paint)______for Christmas tonight by the Greens.
Question 8: I suggested the room (decorate)______before your mother’s birthday.
Question 9: There (say)______a number of reasons for the falloff of the Roman Empire.
Question 10: When the old school friends met, a lot of happy memories (bring)______back.
Question 11: The bank is reported in the local newspaper (rob)______in broad daylight yesterday.
Question 12: The company’s travel budget (reduce)______substantially for the last two years.
Question 13: Understandably, her friends (surprise) ______when Julia married someone else after being engaged to John for two years.
Question 14: He currently (consider)______to be the best British athlete.
Question 15: The facsimile (send)______when the secretary returns from lunch.
Question 16: By the time I came here, all the better jobs (take)______.
Question 17: I don’t remember (tell)______of the decision to change the company policy on vacations.
Question 18: It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver (injure) ______in the crash.
Question 19: A buried treasure (believe)______to have been hidden in the tomb.
Question 20: The third team had the mission successfully (complete)______before the set time limit.
Question 21: Six out of the seven wonders of the ancient world are said to (be)______ destroyed.
Question 22: Public buildings throughout the country will soon (implement)______a no-smoking policy.
Question 23: According to a new policy, overnight camping in all national parks no longer (permit)______.
Question 24: The first question must (answer)______before you attempt the others.
Question 25: The products damaged during shipment or packaging should (replace)______immediately.
Question 26: I was bom and grew up in the house (destroy)______in an earthquake 10 years ago.
Question 27: Because of a mechanical problem, the replacement parts could not (ship)______by tomorrow.
Question 28: The rumors go that Jack will be arrested. He is said (take)______part in a bloody robbery.
Question 29: He would have studied medicine if he (admit)______to a medical school.
Question 30: Everyone likes (congratulate)______when they have got some success.
Question 31: The living conditions in the rural areas of the country (improve)______ during the past 5 years.
Question 32: Unless we can find new sources of energy, our life will certainly (affect)______.
Question 33: There is said (be)______a secret tunnel between those two houses.
Question 34: He is said to (be)______playing football since he was 5.
Question 35: The train (suppose)______to arrive at 11.30 but it was an hour late.
Question 36: I don`t understand why the students didn`t keep silent while the speech (make)______.
Question 37: I apologized for the mistakes (make)______by my team. There appears to (be)______a slight misunderstanding.
Question 38: When (ask)______about the price of her ring, she refused to answer.
Question 39: I must get my mother (clean)______my suit before the interview.
Question 40: No-one seems to (predict)______the correct result.

Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences in passive voice.
Question 1: He must pay the bills before the fifth of the month.
=> The bills____________________________________________________
Question 2: No one has opened that box for the past hundred years.
=> That box____________________________________________________
Question 3: The boy screamed while the dentist was pulling out one of his teeth.
=> The boy screamed while __________________________________________
Question 4: The fire has destroyed many houses.
=> Many houses ____________________________________________________
Question 5: The children are carrying the chairs into the house.
=> The chairs ____________________________________________________
Question 6: They awarded him the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1946.
=> He ____________________________________________________
Question 7: We saw him leave the office at 6 o’clock this morning.
=> He ____________________________________________________
Question 8: My parents didn’t let me go to school this morning because I was ill.
=> I
Question 9: You ought to water these plants once a week