More passive sentences


Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE.

1. We added up the money and found it was correct.

2. I'm employing a man to tile the bathroom.

3. People know that he is armed. (2 possibilities)

4. We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.

5. It's a little too loose; you had better ask your tailor to take it in.

6. He likes people to call him “sir”.

7. It is impossible to do this. (Use can't)

8. People believe that terrorists killed him. (various possibilities)

9. Before they invented printing, people had to write everything by hand.

10. We consider that she was the best singer that Australia has ever produced.

11. You have to see it to believe it.

12. We know that the expedition will reach the South Pole in May. (2 possibilities)













1. We added up the money and found it was correct.
THE MONEY WAS ADDED UP AND FOUND CORRECT.

2. I'm employing a man to tile the bathroom.
I AM HAVING THE BATHROOM TILED.

3. People know that he is armed. (2 possibilities)
IT IS KNOWN THAT HE IS ARMED.
HE IS KNOWN TO BE ARMED.

4. We know that you were in town on the night of the crime.
IT IS KNOWN THAT YOU WERE IN TOWN ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME.
YOU ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN TOWN ON THE NIGHT OF THE CRIME.

5. It's a little too loose; you had better ask your tailor to take it in.
IT'S A LITTLE TOO LOOSE; YOU HAD BETTER HAVE IT TAKEN IN BY YOUR TAILOR.

6. He likes people to call him “sir”.
HE LIKES BEING CALLED "SIR".

7. It is impossible to do this. (Use can't)
THIS CAN'T BE DONE.

8. People believe that terrorists killed him. (various possibilities)
IT IS BELIEVED THAT TERROTIST KILLED HIM
HE IS BELIEVED TO BE KILLED BY TERRORIST.

9. Before they invented printing, people had to write everything by hand.
BEFORE THEY INVENTED PRINTING, EVERYTHING HAD TO BE WRITTEN BY HAND.

10. We consider that she was the best singer that Australia has ever produced.
SHE IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST SINGER THAT AUSTRALIA HAS EVER PRODUCED.

11. You have to see it to believe it.
IT HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. 

12. We know that the expedition will reach the South Pole in May. (2 possibilities)
WE KNOW THAT THE SHOUTH POLE WILL BE REACHED IN MAY.
IT IS KNOWN THAT ...

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