Question

Change the following sentences into the Passive Voice:

1. They make these briefcases of plastic.
2. A bee stung my daughter this morning.
3. Why didn't they repair the road?
4. They don't admit children under sixteen.
5. They locked the door and no one can open it now.

Change the following sentences into the Passive Voice. Make the underlined words the subjects of your passive sentences.
1. Somebody will tell _you_ how to get there.
2. Burglars broke into _our_summer_house_.
3. They gave _him_ a toy train for his fifth birthday.
4. They have promised _me_ a higher salary.
5. They will teach _you_ two foreign languages in this college.
6. Smoke filled _the_auditorium_.
7. They offered _her_ a better position.
8. Someone is following _us_.
9. They will send _you_ an application form.
10. They asked _her_ very personal questions at the interview.
11. The doctors prescribed _him_ some tranquillisers.
12. They always laught at _this_boy_.
13. Someone handed _him_ a large envelope.
14. They ought to pay _you_ twenty pounds.
15. One of the nurses gave _him_ an injection.
16. They denied _him_ admittance to the casino.
17. They have offered _us_ excellent conditions.
18. They sent for _a_doctor_ immediately.
19. The government has granted political autonomy to _several_provinces_.
20. They showed _the_boy_ some tricks.

Answer 1

Answer:1) The briefcases are made of plastic by them.

2) My daughter was stung by a bee this morning.

3) Why wasn't the road repaired by them?

4) Children under sixteen aren't admitted by them.

5) The door was locked by them,Boone can open it now.

1) You will be told by somebody how to get there.

2)Our summer house was broken into by burglars.

3) For his fifth birthday, a toy train was given to him by them.

4) I was promised a higher salary by them.

5) I shall be taught two foreign languages in this college by them.

6) The auditorium was filled with smoke.

7) She was offered a better position by them.

8) We are being followed by someone.

10) She was asked very personal questions in the interview by them.

11) He was prescribed some tranquilizers by the doctors.

12) The boy was always laughed at by them.

13) He was handed a large envelope by someone.

14) You ought to be paid twenty pounds by them.

15) He was given an injection by one of the nurses.

16) He was denied admittance to the casino by them.

17) We have been offered excellent condition by them.

18) A doctor was sent for immediately by them.

19) Several provinces were granted political autonomy by the government.

20) The boy was showed some tricks by them.

Explanation: The passive voice is used when the person or thing denoted by the subject is the receiver of the action (that is, when the subject is passive or is acted upon).

The passive voice is used when the subject of the active voice is unknown, unimportant or vague, (e.g; people, they, somebody, a person).

I hope this helps.