Exercise 1: Change the following into passive voice. 1. Someone has taken away some of my books. __________________________________________________________________ 2. The children used to play football in the street. __________________________________________________________________ 3. Nobody invited her to the party. _________________________________________________________________ 4. He taught us to use the passive at school. __________________________________________________________________ 5. The boss has considered the workers’ demands. _________________________________________________________________ 6. The villagers gave us a warm welcome. _________________________________________________________________ 7. My mother prepares the meals every day. _________________________________________________________________ 8. They believe that John is the brightest student in the class. __________________________________________________________________ 9. We will send you the papers immediately. __________________________________________________________________ 10. The teacher usually corrects our papers at home. __________________________________________________________________ 11. My father is going to give me a new bicycle. __________________________________________________________________ 12. They spend a lot of money on advertising every year. __________________________________________________________________ 13. The old man told interesting stories to the children. __________________________________________________________________ 14. John used to pay a visit to his grandparents every week. _________________________________________________________________ 15. The boys are playing football in the yard. __________________________________________________________________ 16. People say that employment is the most important thing to the youth today __________________________________________________________________ 17. A policeman is showing her the way to the station. __________________________________________________________________ 18. The fire has destroyed almost all houses in the neighborhood. __________________________________________________________________ 19. They considered that she was the best singer. __________________________________________________________________ 20. Don’t wipe your dirty fingers on the clean table cloth. _________________________________________________________________