EXERCISES ENGLISH

EXERCISES

       I.          Change the following active sentences into passive forms.

1.      A new ring-road round the city is being built.

2.      The date of the meeting has been changed.

3.      Is that course being taught by Professor Rivers this semester?

4.      Customers are served by waitresses and waiters.

5.      The Washington Monument is visited by hundreds of people every day.

6.      Jim is not paid very much.

7.      The passive is being learned by these students.

8.      The president has been shot.

    II.            Change the following passive sentences into active forms.

1.      Alex is preparing that report.

2.      Shirley has suggested a new idea.

3.      Has a dog ever bitten you?

4.      Our teacher corrects our homework.

5.      The members are considering that proposal right now.

6.      The company has constructed two buildings.

7.      The secretary opens the mail every morning.

8.      The men is loading the truck now.