3 Change these sentences from active to passive. Use a personal subject wherever
possible.
1 We clean the garages every day.
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2 Someone has given him a lot of money.
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3 The police arrested two hundred people.
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4 Paul wrote the words and John made the music.
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5 We check every car engine thoroughly.
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6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.
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7 We opened the factory at nine o'clock.
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8 They send two million books to America every year.
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9 Did he give you enough sugar?
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10 No-one has ever taught the pupils to do that exercise.
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11 John Hughes built the biggest sand castle in the world.
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12 They showed me the palace where the king lived.
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13 Has anyone ever asked you to tell the story?
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14 They watered the plants and swept the floor in my absence.
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15 The Scots drink more alcohol than the Irish.
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16 Fortunately, they did not damage the machinery.
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17 They paid me a lot of money to do the job.
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18 Simon is painting the house and cleaning it.
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19 Harrison Ford played Deckerd in 'Blade Runner'.
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Respuestas
Respuesta:
1. The garages are cleaned every day by us.
2. A lot of money has been given to him by someone.
3. Two hundred people were arrested by the police.
4. The words were written by Paul, and the music was made by John.
5. Every car engine is chekced by us thorouhgly.
6 We export this computer to seventy different countries.
7. At nine o´clock the factory is opened by us.
8. Two million books are sent to America every year by them.
10. That exercise has never been taught to the pupils by no-one.
11. The biggest sand castle in the world has being built by John Hughes.
12. The palace where the king lived was shown to me.
14. In my absence the plants were watered and the floor was swept by them.
15. Alcohol is more drunk by the Scots than by the Irish.
16. The machinery was not damaged by them, fortunately.
17. A lot of money has bee paid to me for doing the job.
18. The house is being painted and cleaned by Simon.
19. Deckerd in 'Blade Runner' has being played by Harrison Ford.