The Egyptian Language School English Language Department
Stage: First Prep Term One
Subject area: Grammar Revision
Convert the following sentences from Active into Passive voice:
Grandfather is going to tell the children a story.
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People make jam from fruit. ..................................................................................................................................................................
They will open the new sports centre soon.
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Andrew hasn’t cut the grass yet.
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Her mother woke Alice up at seven o’clock.
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The boys walk the dog everyday.
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Her parents may not believe her excuse.
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Sue asked the waiter to bring some water.
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An expert has valued the painting. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The hotel provides hot water 24 hours a day. ...................................................................................................................................................................
A boy delivers our newspaper every morning. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Several important art critics attended the meeting. ...................................................................................................................................................................
A designer in Paris will make her wedding dress. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The company has published an interesting book. ...................................................................................................................................................................
An interesting book had been published by the company. ...................................................................................................................................................................
They invited us to a concert last Sunday. ...................................................................................................................................................................
People gather mushrooms in autumn ..................................................................................................................................................................
The Scots make the best fudge. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The best fudge is made by the scots. ...................................................................................................................................................................
You should take these tablets before meals. ...................................................................................................................................................................
You must wash coloured clothes separately. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The teacher sent him out the classroom. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Thousands of British tourists will visit Spain this summer. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The dentist pulled out my rotten tooth. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The police are questioning him now. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Someone has made a complaint. ...................................................................................................................................................................
They had left the lights on. ...................................................................................................................................................................
I broke my arm when I fell out of a tree. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The horrible old man was poisoning the cat. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The snow will cover the mountains. ...................................................................................................................................................................
The waitress serves breakfast at 7 am. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Her parents made her clean her room. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Someone had warned her that she might lose her job. ...................................................................................................................................................................
Use the proper tenses:
(1)
It was my first day of class. I (find,finally) ……………………………………….. the right room. The room
(be,already) ……………………………………….. full of students. On one side of the room, students (talk,busily) ……………………………………….. to each other in Spanish. Other students (speak) ……………………………………….. Japanese, and some (converse) ……………………………………….. in Arabic. It sounded like the United Nations by themselves. I (choose) ……………………………………….. an empty seat in the last row and (sit) ……………………………………….. down. In few minutes, the teacher (walk) ……………………………………….. into the room and all the multilingual conversation (stop) ……………………………………….. .
(2)
Dear Kathleen,
I (write) ……………………………………….. to tell you my news. My school (choose) ……………………………………….. me to spend six weeks at a school in the USA. I’m very happy about it! At the moment, I (pack) ……………………………………….. things for my trip, because I (leave) …………………………………….. next week. My mother (book) ……………………………………….. the ticket. I (wait) ……………………………………….. for this opportunity for ages. So, I’m very excited. I (finish) ……………………………………….. reading two books about the USA and I (borrow) ……………………………………….. another one from the school library. I (become) ……………………………………….. more and more nervous everyday! Well, I must go now. I’ve got a lot of things to do. I’ll write to you from USA.
Your Love,
Tracy
(3)
About three yesterday afternoon, Jessica (lie) ……………………………………….. in bed reading a book. Suddenly she (hear) ……………………………………….. a loud noise and (get) ……………………………………….. up to see what it was. She (look) ……………………………………….. out the window. A truck (back, just) ……………………………………….. into her new car!
(4)
Next month I have a week’s vacation. I (plan) ……………………………………….. to take a trip. First, I (go) ……………………………………….. to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit my brother. After I (leave) ……………………………………….. Madison, I (go) ……………………………………….. to Chicago to see a friend who (study) ……………………………………….. at the university there. She (live) ……………………………………….. in Chicago for three years, so she (know) ……………………………………….. her way around the city. She (promise) ……………………………………….. to take me to many interesting places. I (be,never) ……………………………………….. in Chicago, so I (look) ……………………………………….. forward to going there.
Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets:
Ahmed started his business a short time ago. (just) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Nader didn’t travel by train long time ago. (for) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
They didn’t discover a cure for cancer. (yet) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I started running my own business four years ago. (since) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Yasser began painting this picture two hours ago. (For) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
He learned to drive when he was eighteen. (since) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
The last time I went to Brussels was two years ago. (been) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I have started working there two years ago. (have) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Kate hasn’t been to the dentist’s six years. (last) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
When did you hear from him? (since) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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