Passive Voice - Rewrite | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 19 Public

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No one ever uses this room. This room...

is never used by anyone.

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This building is said to be 2,000 years old. They...

say this building is 2,000 years old.

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The teacher made the class stay in after school. The class

was made to stay in after school.

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Was it a monkey that bit your finger? Was your...

finger bitten by a monkey?

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They were mending the road all last week. All last week the road...

was being mended.

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They say the castle is 500 years old. The castle is...

is said to be 500 years old.

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he police ordered the crowds to move on. The crowds...

were ordered to move on.

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No one ever saw him again.He...

was never seen again.

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Rembrandt painted this picture. This picture...

is said to have been painted by Rembrandt.

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No one ever discovered the identity of the murdered man.The identity...

of the murdered man was never discovered.

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Someone is painting our house. We...

are having our house painted.

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The painters decorated our house last week. We...

had our house decorated last week.

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People are using computers in all kinds of work. Computers...

are being used in all kinds of work.

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You have to keep dangerous chemicals in a safe place. Dangerous...

chemicals have to be kept in a safe place.

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You should have left the laboratory unlocked. The laboratory...

should have been left unlocked.

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We are unlikely to discover intelligent life on other planets.Intelligent life...

is unlikely to be discovered on other planets.

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