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Passive voice and tenses

THEORY:

Things to remember before doing this exercise on passive voice:

•   The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

•   In the passive structure, use the verb be in the same tense as the main verb in the active sentence, followed by the participle of the active verb.

•   In the passive sentence, the doer of the action is introduced, using the preposition by.

PRACTICE. Write the sentences below in the passive. Always add who is the doing the action.

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1. Boeing makes jumbo jets. => Jumbo jets .

2. Insurance companies made big profits last year. => Big profits .

3. Nobody had noticed the student's absence. => The student's absence .

4. By December this company will have sold a million books. => A million books .

5. The gardener was planting some trees. => Some trees .

6. A good lawyer could solve your problem. => Your problem .

7. Surely somebody must have seen him. => Surely he .

8. The police would have investigated the incident. => The incident .

9. Many tourists have visited Argentinian Patagonia this year. => Argentinian Patagonia .

10. NASA will launch a new moon mission tonight. => A new moon mission .