Rewrite the sentences in the PASSIVE voice, omit the by-agent when possible.
1. Everyone knows this fact very well.
2. They opened the theatre only last month.
3. They think that the driver had both legs broken in the crash.
4. People will soon forget it.
5. You must write the answers in ink.
6. People understood that the delegation was keen to meet the British Prime Minister.
7. Someone has taken two of my books.
8. We have already filled the vacancy.
9. What should (one) do in such cases?
10. They proved that the statements he had made were false.
11. She offered me a solution.
12. Did they say anything interesting?
13. Did no one ever make the situation clear to you?
14. People now think that some redundancies in the Company are inevitable.
15. One should keep milk in a refrigerator.
16. I don't think anyone can do it.
17. Patients consider that this surgeon is a brilliant practitioner.
18. They would undoubtedly have killed him if he hadn't promised to co-operate.
19. You must finish the work by seven o'clock.
20. The chef gave her the recipe
21. People say that he is an honest, hard-working man.
22. They are now manufacturing this type of computer in many European countries.
23. No one could possibly have known the secret.
24. They believe that the Chancellor is thinking of imposing new taxes to raise extra revenue.
25. Has someone made all the necessary arrangements?
26. Fortunately, no one had said anything about it.
27. They expect that the electricity supply industry will be running into surplus capacity next year.
28. They ought to inform the passengers that the train wasn’t working anymore
29. They asked customers to ensure that the shop assistants had given them the correct change
before leaving the shop.
30. 20 The judge sent the man to prison for six months, having been found guilty of fraud.
31. My cousin bought me a bracelet for my birthday.
32. They presume that the ship's radio equipment was put out of action during the fire.
Rewrite the sentences in the ACTIVE voice
1. All orders will be promptly executed
2. The man was kept in custody
3. Several Japanese manufacturers are reported to be planning to set up plants overseas / It is
reported that several Japanese manufacturers are planning to set up plants overseas.
4. Are all the rooms regularly cleaned
5. Much of London was destroyed by fire in the seventeenth century
