EXERCISES

Decide whether the verbs are transive or intransitive ones and then change the sentences into the passive voice if possible:
A. Mr West repeated his questions. ( I )
- His questions were repeated.
B. Smoke rises. ( T )
- .... No passive form …….

1. The children seemed happy when they went to the zoo.
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2. After class, one of the students always erases the blackboard.
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3. The solution to my problem appeared to me in a dream.
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4. People grow corn in Iowa.
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5. Peter came here two months ago .
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6. Someone made this antique table in 1734.
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7. An accident happened at the comer of Fifth and Main Avenue.
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8. Someone stole my purse.
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9. Someone was making coffee when I walked into the kitchen.
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10. Translators have translated that book into many languages.
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11. Jim’s daughter drew that picture. My son drew this one.
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12. The judges will judge the applicants on the basis of their originality.
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My sister`s plane will arrive at 10.35.
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Is Professor Rivers teaching that course this semester?
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When did someone invent the radio?
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The mail carrier had already delivered the mail by the time I left for school this morning.
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When is someone going to announce the results of the contests?
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After the concert was over, hundreds of fans surrounded the rock music star outside the theater.
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Ever since I arrived here, I have been living in the dormitory because someone told me that it was cheaper to live there than in an apartment.
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20. They are going to build a new hospital next year.
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