Active Voice and Passive Voice

Change the following sentences into the passive voice.

1. Add bacteria to milk to make yoghurt.

2. The farmers split the cacao pods open and scoop out the cacao beans.

3. The machine stretches and twists the wires.

4. The workers dry the fish in the sun.

5. Years ago, people churned butter by hand.

6. The roller mill crushed the grains.

7. The machine sealed the bottle with a bottle cap.

8. The robot is fixing the tyres to the body of the car.

9. The technique turns acetylsalicyclic acid into powder form.

10. The machine cuts the adhesive bandage into the correct sizes.

1. Bacteria is added to milk to make yoghurt.

2. The cacao pods are split open and the cacao beans are scooped out.

3. The wires are stretched and twisted.

4. The fish are dried in the sun.

5. Butter was churned by hand years ago.

6. The grains were crushed by the roller mill.

7. The bottle was sealed with a bottle cap.

8. The tyres are being fixed to the body of the car.

9. Acetysalicylic acid is turned into powder form.

10. The adhesive bandage is cut into the correct sizes.

1. Who did the job ?

2. Can you break the door ?

3. Will she sing a song ?

4. Is he speaking English ?

5. Are you eating a banana ?

6. Why are you washing the car ?

7. When will he give the money ?

8. Where will he meet you ?

9. How do you make a cake ?

10. Whom did you tell the story ?

11. He was truck by lightning.

Answers

1. By whom was the job done ?

2. Can the door be broken by you ?

3. Will a song be sung by her ?

4. Is English being spoken by him ?

5. Is a banana being eaten by you ?

6. Why is the car being washed by you ?

7. When will the money be given by him ?

8. Where will you be met by him ?

9. How is a cake made by you ?

10. To whom was the story told by you ?

11. Lightning struck him.

1. I was quite shocked by the language that he used.

2. We were both filled with horror by the sight of that event.

3. I was much hurt by is voice and manner.

4. Should I be found at home by him he would not be received by me.

5. They were welcomed back by the city on their return.

6. He was punished by the master for speaking in class.

7. Many objections were raised by us to the plan that was proposed by him.

8. Will he not be persuaded to work harder by a sense of duty ?

9. I was called upon by the meeting to give my reasons.

10. He was known by me by his voice, when I was spoken to by him in the dark.

11. His return was not expected by us.

Answers

1. The language that he used quite shocked me.

2. The sight of that event filled us both with horror.

3. His voice and manner hurt me much.

4. Should he find me at home, I would not receive him.

5. The city welcomed them back on their return.

6. The master punished him for speaking in class.

7. We raised many objections to the plan that he proposed.

8. Will not a sense of duty persuade him to work harder ?

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