REVISION OF THE PASSIVE

I- Change the active to the passive if possible
1- My cat died yesterday.
2- I agree with Jim’s theory.
3- Dr. Ikeda developed that theory.
4- Tim dropped the cup.
5- The cup fell on to the floor.
6- The manager will interview me.
7- They have gone to the shop.
8- A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village.
9- The solution to my problem appeared to me in a dream.
10- After class, one of the students always erases the chalkboard.
11- When did someone invent the radio?
12- My grandfather planted this tree 50 years ago.
13- Mary has just washed those dishes.
14- They are going to build a new hospital here.
15- What should we do now?
16- We can do nothing to help her.
17- When is someone going to announce the result of the contest?
II- Complete the sentences with the given words.
1- Ali and Mica (complain)……….to the landlord many times since they moved into their new apartment, but to date nothing (do)………….. about the leak in the roof and the broken window in the bedroom.
2- Yesterday I told my teenage daughter to clean her room before she (go)………. to school. After she had left the house, I looked in the room. She (pile) ………..all her clothes on the chair. Everything else (shove)………….. under the bed.
3- Sometime people (intimidate)…………..by salespeople. As a result, they sometimes (buy)………things that they don’t really want.
4- Two days ago I (put) ………… an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car. Yesterday I(sell)…………it. It (buy)………….. by a teenager who (look) ………… for an old car to fix up himself. Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old car, but he was too late. By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already) ………… to the teenager.
5- The wheel (invent)……………over 5,000 years ago. Throughout history, it (assist)……….
People in making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods.
6- Mark is a genius. By the time he graduated, he (offer)………… jobs by a dozen computer companies.
7- After the test papers (return)…………. To students in class tomorrow, the students (give)
……………their next assignment.
8- Ever since it (build)…………. Three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often) …………..as the most beautiful building in the world. It (design) ………….. by a Turkish architect, and it (take) ……………. 20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.
III- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital.
1- The book …………me. It is an……………book. I’m ……………in it. INTEREST
2-That chemical……….your skin. The chemical is ………… . Your skin is……… IRRITATE
3- The trip………..everybody. Everyone was…………. . The trip was………… . TIRE
4- Ann ………an egg. She took the egg out of the ………….water. She had an ………egg for breakfast. BOIL
5- The new ……….us. We were…………. . The news was……………… UPEST
6- Ann heard a noise in her car that disturbed her. It was a ………..noise. She was …….. when she heard it. DISTURB
7- Jessica’s arguments convinced us. She presented…………arguments. We were…………
CONVINCE
8- I don’t have any furniture of my own. Do you know where I can rent a ………apartment? FURNISH
9- The equator is the ……….line between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. DIVIDE
10- The poor who live in shack south of the city don’t have ……….water. RUN
11- No one may attend the lecture except …………guests. INVITE
12- We all expect our ……….officials to be honest. EXPECT
13- Because we have a ………….agreement, our landlord won’t be able to raise our rent for 2 years.
14- After an ………..trip of 12 hours, John fell asleep at the dinner table. EXHAUST
15- There are many ……….activities in a large city. STIMULATE
16- I like to hear the sound of gently………….. rain. FALL
17- Skydiving is a ……………experience. THRILL
18- When I get home from work, I’m going to take a long, …………bath. RELAX
19- The game was played in our stadium. The ………..team scored the ………. goal in the last seconds of the soccer game. Nevertheless, the ……………fans continued to cheer our team. VISIT / WIN / DISAPPOINT
20- I heard some ……………..news. ENCOURAGE
IV- Rewrite