TENSE TRANSFORMATION
They make these shoes in Italy.
These shoes are made in Italy.
You must follow the rules.
The rules must be followed.
The homework must finished today.
The homework must be finished today.
Which sentence is correct?
a) The cake was eaten.
b) The cake was eat.
a) The cake was eaten.
Change to passive:
They should have warned us about the delay
We should have been warned about the delay.
Someone has stolen my phone.
My phone has been stolen.
They can solve the problem easily.
The problem can be solved easily
The room is being clean right now.
The room is being cleaned right now.
Change to passive: Someone is cutting my hair.
My hair is being cut.
Rewrite using a reporting passive:
People say the actor is difficult to work with.
The actor is said to be difficult to work with.
They were interviewing the candidates all morning.
The candidates were being interviewed all morning.
Someone should have informed us earlier.
We should have been informed earlier.
The emails have been send already.
The emails have been sent already.
Change to passive:
People have to respect the rules.
The rules have to be respected.
Change to passive:
Someone had been following her for weeks.
She had been being followed for weeks.
They had repaired the bridge before winter.
The bridge had been repaired before winter
They might cancel the flight.
The flight might be cancelled.
The problem will solved soon.
The problem will be solved soon.
They had been watching the house for weeks.
The house had been being watched for weeks.
Rewrite in formal passive:
They expect the company to announce changes soon.
The company is expected to announce changes soon.
They will have completed the project by Friday.
The project will have been completed by Friday.
They shouldn’t have revealed the secret.
The secret shouldn’t have been revealed.
The report was been written by the manager.
The report was written by the manager.
Change to passive:
Someone has cleaned the classroom.
The classroom has been cleaned.
Change to passive:
They made him apologize in public.
He was made to apologize in public.