EXERCISE I : Supply the correct tense and voice.
1/ Everyone (shock) … was shocked … by the news yesterday.
2/ Almost everyone (enjoy)… enjoyed … the lecture last night.
3/ English (speak) _________ all over the world.
4/ A terrible accident (happen) _________ right here at 6 o’clock last night.
5/ Mr. Smith (teach) _________ at this university since 1985.
6/ Not much (say) _________ about the matter since last week.
7/ He (borrow) _________ the money from her two weeks ago.
8/ A new textbook (publish) _________ by that company next year.
9/ Everything (go) _________ well so far. There (be) _______ no trouble yet.
10/ Who the book (write) _________ by ?
11/ Think carefully. I’m sure you (remember) _________ his name.
12/ The report (examine) _________ now.
EXERCISE II : Turn into the passive voice.
1/ He is running his own restaurant.
2/ The secretary opens the mails every morning.
3/ The teacher doesn’t allow me to take the seat by the window.
4/ Tom’s absence worried his mother.
5/ They are building a new school in this town.
6/ You should finish the report right now.
7/ We shall discuss the matter in the afternoon.
8/ Are you going to post this letter ?
9/ He has to pay the bills before the fifth of the month.
10/ No one has opened that box for the past hundred years.
11/ The boy screamed while the dentist was pulling out one of his teeth.
12/ The enemy used to attack the bay.
13/ The fire has destroyed many houses.
14/ The children are carrying the chairs into the house.
15/ They awarded him the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1946.
16/ We saw him leave the office at 6 o’clock this morning.
17/ My parents didn’t let me go to school this morning because I was ill.
18/ You ought to water these plants once a week.
19/ People saw her driving a car near the bridge.
20/ They said that he was the richest man in the town.
21/ Scientists began to carry out researches on AIDS in 1981.
22/ The boy knew that they were praising him.
23/ Everybody believed that he had died of lung cancer.
24/ They hadn’t built the bridge when we first came here.
25/ I can assure you that I will arrange everything in time.
. Almost everyone (enjoy) enjoyed the lecture last night.
2. Enlish (teach) is taught in the schools of almost every nation.
3. That proposal (consider) is being considered by the members right now.
4. Smith (teach) has taught at the University of Washington since 1999.
5. That old red house (build) was built in the year 1822.
6. The report (examine, not) hasn't been examined by the committee of experts yet.
7. Cocktails (serve) was served to the guests at the party last night
8. Everything (go) has gone well so far. There (be) has been no trouble yet.
9. Listen to this. I think this news (surprise) will surprise you.
10. The noise from the trains (annoy) annoyed me terribly last night.
1.enjoyed
2.is taught
3.is being considered
4.has taught
5.was built
6.haven't been examined
7.was served
8. has gone- is
9. will surprise
10. annoyed