ACTIVE to PASSIVE
CONDITIONALS
-ING / [TO] infinitive
REPORTED SPEECH
PASSIVE to ACTIVE
100

Careless driving causes many accidents.

Many accidents are caused by careless driving.

100

I love reading, but I'm too busy. But I ... (read) more if I ... (have) more free time.

I would read more if I had more free time.

100

She's always been afraid of ... her keys.

She's always been afraid of losing her keys.

100

Paul said, 'I can't visit you tomorrow, Mum'.

Paul said that he couldn't visit his mum the day after.

Paul told her Mum that he couldn't visit her the next day / the following day.

100

I was offered the job, but I refused it.

They offered me the job, but I refused it.

200

A loud noise woke us up during the night.

We were woken by a loud noise during the night.

200

I can't meet you tomorrow -- I have to work late. But if I ... (not have) to work late, I ... (meet) you.

If I didn't have to work late, I would meet you.

200

We need you ... (fix) my laptop. It won't start.

We need you to fix my laptop. It won't start.

200

Jenny said, 'I'm going out, I'll phone you when I get back.'

Jenny said that she was going out and that she would phone me when she got back.

200

I hope I'm given a present when I pass my PEvAU.

I hope they give me a present when I pass my PEvAU.

I hope someone gives me a present when I pass my PEvAU.

300

I didn't notice that they were recording our conversation.

I didn't notice that our conversation was being recorded.

300

You've been in hospital for a month?? I had no idea! If I ... (know), I ... (go) to see you.

If I had known, I would have gone to see you.

300

I'm really looking forward ... (meet) you guys next week.

I'm really looking forward to meeting you guys next week.

300

'Can you open your bags, please?' the police officer asked the old lady.

The police officer asked the old lady to open her bags.

300

This room should have been cleaned before we arrived.

They should have cleaned this room before we arrived.

400

They asked me some really difficult questions at the interview.

I was asked some really difficult questions at the interview.

400

He will help you paint your house, but only if you pay him. (As long as ...)

As long as you pay him, he'll help you paint your house.

400

Would you prefer ... (have) dinner now, or later?

Would you prefer to have dinner now, or later?

400

Jim said, 'Please Dad, don't tell anybody the important secret that I've shared with you.'

Jim asked his Dad not to tell anybody the important secret that he had shared with him.

400

My car has disappeared. They must have stolen it.

It must have been stolen.

500

Nobody told me about the meeting.

I wasn't told about the meeting.

500

You're hungry now because you didn't have breakfast this morning. If ...

If you had had breakfast this morning, [now] you wouldn't be hungry [now].

500

She's used ... (deal) with difficult situations.

She's used to dealing with difficult situations.

500

Linda asked her children, 'Didn't you hear the doorbell this morning?'

Linda asked her children if they hadn't heard the doorbell that morning.

500

The passengers were told to stay in their seats until the doors opened.

Someone / They / An officer told the passengers to stay in their seats until the doors opened.

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