ACTIVE AND PASSIVE EXERCISE

Choose the correct form of the sentences below.

1. The problem ...................... to the children. (explained / was explained)

2. Those pyramids ......................... around 400 AD. (built / were built)
3. All the trouble ............................. by your mother. (has caused / was caused)
4. The visitors ......................... (were shown / have shown) a collection of old manuscripts.
5. I ...................... him ten thousand pounds last year. (lend / lent/ was lent)
6. She ........................ of spiders. (frightened / is frightened)
7. That picture ...................... by my grandmother. (painted / was painted)
8. I ....................... by his attitude. (shocked / have shocked / was shocked)
9. Excuse the mess. The house ..................... (is painting / is being painted / has painted)
10. I knew why I ...................... (had chosen / had been chosen)

Change these sentences into passive form if it is possible.

1. The maid is sweeping the broken pieces of glass.

2. The police have solved most of the crimes this year.

3. Only a few of us attended the spiritual talk.

4. The gardener sweeps and mops the hall once a week.

5. Mrs Lim is boiling the sweet potatoes at the moment.

6. The authorities will launch a cleanliness campaign in the park.

7. We will work out the details of the agreement within a week.

8. No one responded to the call to donate blood.

9. The good Samaritan helped the blind man cross the road.

10. The salesman is driving Danny's new car out of the garage.

Change the passive sentences below to active sentences.

1. The school was struck by lightning.

2. This morning the burglar was arrested by the police.

3. One type of air pollution is caused by hydrocarbons.

4. An elaborate supper for the miners was prepared by Mr. Patel and his children.
5. The cookies were stolen by the Mad Hatter.

6. New York City's Central Park was designed in 1857 by F.L. Olmsted and Calbert Vaux.

7. It was decided by the court that the contract was invalid.

8. The first commercially successful portable vacuum cleaner was invented by a janitor who was
allergic to dust.

9. After Leonardo da Vinci's death, the Mona Lisa was purchased by King Francis I of France.

10. The allegorical novel Animal Farm was written by British author George Orwell during World War
II.