2º BACHILLERATO - Activities: The Passive & the Causative

1) REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They gave the oldest citizen a present.

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2. They denied access to the secret documents to all but a few.

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3. Someone showed the child how to use the telephone.(CI)

4. They declared him ‘persona non grata’. (CI)

5. They have given him artificial respiration.

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6. Why didn’t they offer him the job?

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7. Didn’t they promise you a rise in salary at the beginning of the year?

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8. Someone left him a legacy of 10000 dollars.

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9. When he looked at the stamps, he found they had sold him forgeries.

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10. What did they pay you for doing the job? (CI)

11. Someone should tell him never to do that again. (CI)

12. They asked you to meet me here at 11 o’clock. (CI)

13. Will someone send me the details?

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14. We will send you the goods as soon as they are available.

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15. Someone must teach that boy a lesson.

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2) REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (PASIVA IMPERSONAL):

(Cambia estas oraciones siempre a la forma “difícil”).

1. People think that the government will lose the election.
2. Doctors believe that rats transmitted the disease.
3. They found that all hostages were alive.
4. People know that Cervantes wrote “Don Quixote”.
5. People say that he is living in New York.
6. They reported that twelve people were injured in the accident.
7. People expect that the new highway will be opened next year.
8. They say that George doesn’t know how to drive.
9. People decided that the meeting wasn’t interesting.
10. Many people consider that the suspect is guilty.
11. People tell that Harry has given up his job.
12. Many teachers expect that Alice will pass all her examinations.
13. People hope that Peter wins the contest.
14. People think that the boss is making a lot of mistakes.
15. They comment that the President was ill.
16. The police reported that the robbers got into the bank through the main entrance.
17. Many students expect that the examination won’t be very difficult this year.
18. Many supporters say that the team played very bad.
19. People think that the spy is hiding some top secrets.
20. They know that the expedition didn’t reach its aim.

3) REWRITE THE SENTENCES IN THE PASSIVE (PASIVA IMPERSONAL):

(Cambia estas oraciones de la forma “fácil” de pasiva impersonal -con IT- a la “difícil”).

1. It is said that he is an honest, hard-working man.
2. It is considered that this surgeon is a brilliant practitioner.
3. It is now thought that some redundancies in the Company are inevitable.
4. It was proved that the statements he had made were false.
5. It was understood that the delegation was keen to meet the British Prime Minister.
6. It is believed that the Minister is thinking of imposing new taxes to get money.
7. It is expected that the electric industry will be having benefits next year.
8. It is reported that several Japanese business are planning to invest here.
9. It is expected that the brewers will raise the price of bear in the near future.
10. It was claimed that the drug didn’t produce undesirable side-effects.
11. It is said that the police acted with great care, despite provocation.
12. It is believed that the Government has had second thoughts on this problem.
13. It was believed that the explosion had been caused by a mine.
14. It is presumed that the ship’s radio equipment was put out of action in the fire.
15. It is thought that the driver had both legs broken in the crash.

4) REWRITE THE SENTENCES USING A FORM OF THE CAUSATIVE, MAKING ANY OTHER NECESSARY CHANGES:

1. You should arrange to install central heating before winter comes.
2. He is arranging for an artist to paint his wife’s portrait.
3. The tree was so diseased that we had to ask someone to cut it down.
4. The authorities are encouraging mothers to arrange for the vaccination of their children.
5. Someone has written all the answers in this book. (This book…)
6. She made an appointment with the optician for an examination of her eyes.