Change the verb to the active voice and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the
same tense. In cases, it will be necessary to supply a subject (see the second
examples).
- The books were taken by John.
John
took the books
- The boxes were mailed today.
He
mailed the boxes today
- The two packages were opened by my secretary.
My
secretary opened the two packages.
- Our homework is corrected by our teacher
Our
teacher is corrects our homework
- Two buildings have been constructed by that
company
That
company have been constructed two building
- That room wasn’t cleaned carefully yesterday
She
didn’t carefully clean that room yesterday
- The truck is being loaded by the men now
The
men is loading the truck now
- Was that machine checked by the inspector ?
Did
the inspector checked that machine ?
- Will that report be written by the same committee
?
Will
the same committee write that report ?
- Has the news been announced by the president yet ?
Has
The President been announced the news yet ?
- The mail is delivered to this office twice a day
He
delivers the mail to this office twice a day
- All of us were surprised by his frank attitude
He
surprises all of us with his frank attitude
- Was the repair work done by that mechanic ?
Did
that mechanic do the repair work ?
- He wasn’t very much respected by the employees
The
employees didn’t very much respect him
- Are many courses in English given during the
summer ?
Is
the teacher give many courses during the summer ?
Change the verb to the passive voice
and rewrite the sentence. Be sure to keep the same tense.
- He signed the letter
The
letter as signed by him
- The secretary opens the mail every morning
The
mail is opened by the secretary every morning
- The committee is considering that proposal right
now
That
proposal is being considered by the committee right now
- The army will complete that project next year
That
project will be completed by the army next year
- His boss has transferred him to another department
He
has been transferred by his boss to another department
- Will the company distribute the announcements ?
Will
the announcement be distributed by the company ?
- An artist wrote that interesting article about
Paris
That
interesting article about Paris was written by the Artist
- Today a large number of people speak English
English
is spoke by a large number of people
- Didn’t they return those books to the library ?
Was
those books returned by them to the library ?
- The government has not changed that regulation yet
That
regulation has not been changed by the government yet
- Someone stole all her valuable jewelry last night
All
her valuable jewelry was stolen by someone last night
- Miss Peters wrote all of the reports for Mr.
Johnson
All
of the reports for Mr. Johnson was written by Miss Peters
- Bad weather has delayed Flight 202 from Miami
Flight
202 from Miami has been delayed because the bad weather
- Did the court divide the money among the children
?
The
money divided among the children by the court ?
- Many scholars have translated that famous Greek
epic
That
famous Greek epic has been translated by many scholars