Hello!
Since I'm trying to practise the passive voice in English at the moment, I'd like to ask you all for some help. I've just created a list of simple senteces in the active voice and would like you to put them into the passive using all possible ways.
Example:
- Active: Mary gave Jim a new car. [= Mary gave a new car to Jim.]
- Passive:
- 1. A new car was given to Jim by Mary.
- 2. Jim was given a new car by Mary.
- ...
| Mary is doing homework for Jim. | Homework is being done for Jim by Mary. | Jim is being done homework by Mary. | ||||||
| Jim is buying her a present at the moment. | A present is being bought for her by Jim at the moment. | She is being bought a present by Jim. | ||||||
| Jim and Mary are spending the weekend in the mountains. | The weekend is being spent by Jim and Mary in the mountains. | |||||||
| They are not going to watch TV. | TV is not going to be watched by them. | |||||||
| Henry is speaking to Jim, but Jim doesn't hear him. | Jim is being spoken to by Gwen, but she isn't heard by him. | |||||||
| Henry is saying clever words to Jim. | Clever words are being said to Jim by Henry. | Jim is being said clever words by Henry. | ||||||
| Who is knocking at the door? | Who is the door being knocked at by? | |||||||
| Who is eating my soup? | Who is my soup being eaten by? | |||||||
| Who is giving Jim so much money? | Who is so much money being given to Jim by? | Who is Jim being given so much money by? | ||||||
| Who is phoning us next time? | Who are we being phoned by? | |||||||
| What am I telling you all the time? | What is being told to you by me all the time? | What are you being told by me all the time? | ||||||
| What are you playing for him? | What is being played for him by you? | What is he being played by you? | ||||||
| Who are we writing the test with? | Who is the test being written by us with? | |||||||
| What is Frank going to kill her with? | What is she going to be killed by Frank with? | |||||||
| What aren't we going to pay for the dinner without? | What isn't the dinner going to be payed for by us without? |
Thank you all very much in advance!
Pet'usek
