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Homework for Tuesday, 18.09.18: learn the rules how to transform the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.

Voice	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Rita.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Rita.

As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant. That’s why it is usually dropped.

Turn the verbs in the following sentences into the passive, but do not change the tenses! The original subject disappears because it is not important.

E.g.: Somebody fetched a chair for Mrs Dixon. => A chair was fetched for Mrs Dixon.

1) They speak French at this shop.

2) Somebody stole my car.

3) They have sent the books to the wrong address.

4) Somebody will bring the beer.

5) Somebody has bought this fur coat.

6) Somebody has left this umbrella behind.

7) They haven't caught the robbers yet.

8) They don't drink ice-cold beer in England.

9) They eat a lot of fish.

10) They drink tea with milk at least five times a day.

11) They discuss the weather every day.

12) Some men robbed the Glasgow-London mail train in 1961.

13) They stopped the train between two stations.

14) They disconnected the engine and the first two coaches.

15) They drove them to a lonely bridge.

16) People discussed the mail robbery all over the world.

17) The police caught some of the robbers and found part of the money.

18) The court sentenced the men in January 1964.

19) Somebody will look after their children.

20) You have not paid for the car.