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Verb Tenses: Active to Passive

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    Rewrite the following sentences using a passive verb
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  • You must check all the pipes for leaks
    All the pipes must be checked for leaks
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  • Did they discuss anything important?
    Was anything important discussed?
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  • The smugglers were transferring the drugs from one car to another when the police arrived
    The drugs were being transferred from one car to another by the smugglers when the police arrived
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  • Foreign currency can _____ (convert) into terling at a number of points in the city, but the best rate and lowest commission charges ______ (provide) at banks
    can be converted; are provided
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  • It was a shock for everyone when they announced the news of the disaster
    It was a shock for everyone when news of the disaster was announced
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  • By the end of next year, sixty houses ____ (build) on that green field site
    will have been built
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  • Guards patrol these premises every day
    These premises are patrolled by guards every day
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  • Robbers had opened the tomb long before archaeologists found it
    The tomb had been opened by robbers long before it was found by archaeologists
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  • Somebody might have informed the police
    The police might have been informed
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  • No one knew the place where the treasure was buried
    The place where the treasure was buried was not known
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  • The museum might lose its annual governemnt subsidy
    The annual government subsidy might be lost by the museum
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  • The impact of the postal strike began _______ (feel) after only three days
    began to be felt
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  • Many medieval towns _____ (damage) by fire because the houses _____ (make) of wood
    were damaged ; were made/had been made
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  • The identity of Jack the Ripper, a murderer responsible for a number of horrendous killings in the nineteenth century, never _______ (establish)
    has never been established
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  • If they had found the accused guilty, the judge would surely have given him a prision sentence
    if the accused had been found guilty, he would surely have been given a prision sentence
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  • Martin, our new gardener, had planted seven apple trees
    Seven apple trees had been planted by Martin, our new gardener
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