Passive/active
Change from active to passive:
He has been putting it up the whole life.
It has been being put up the whole life.
Change from a active to passive (both IO and DO)
Jack can give them some information about the job.
Direct object: Some information can be given about the job by Jack.
Indirect object: They can be given some information about the job by Jack.
Change from active to passive
The police could arrest the bank robbers when they were crossing the border
The bank robbers could be arrested (by the police) when they were crossing the border.
Change from passive to active:
My purse was stolen while I was doing the shopping.
Someone...
Someone stole my purse while I was doing the shopping
Change from active to passive
Have you finished work?
Has the work been finished by you?
Change from active to passive:
Have the police found the body?
Has the body been found by the police?
Change from active to passive:
You must obey the traffic rules.
The traffic rules must be obeyed.
Change from passive to active:
Will the new bridge be inaugurated by The King?
Will The King inaugurate the new bridge?
Change from active to passive:
The famous architect will have been developing the new project for over six months by the time it is finished.
The new project will have been being developed by the famous architect for over six months by the time it is finished.
Change from passive to active:
Why has the film been banned by the government?
Why has the government banned the film?
Change from active to passive:
When will they announce the results?
When will the results be announced?
Change from passive to active:
Are cars made in Korea?
Do they make cars in Korea?
Change from active to passive:
You must not touch this button while the experiment is in progress.
This button must not be touched while the experiment is in progress.
Change from active to passive:
We ought to have called the police at once after the accident.
The police ought to have been called at once after the accident by us.
Change from passive to active:
Are the exams being corrected by the teacher right now?
Is the teacher correcting the exams right now?
Change from active to passive:
I would have kept your bicycle here if you had left it with me.
Your bicycle would have been kept here if you had left it with me.
Change from active to passive:
I have a feeling that you may be keeping a secret.
I have a feeling that...
I have a feeling that a secret may be being kept.
Transform this active sentence into the interrogative passive form.
I have been writing an email for one hour.
Has an email been being written for one hour?
Change from active to passive:
Who discovered America?
Who was America discovered by?
Change from active to passive:
You should have finished your homework before going to the cinema
Your homework should have been finished before going to the cinema.
Change from active to passive:
I will have been writing an email by 5 tomorrow.
An email will have been being written by 5 tomorrow
Change from active to passive:
People generally assume that money brings happiness.
Money is generally assumed to bring happiness
Change from active to passive:
He had kept up his training regimen for a month.
His training regimen had been kept up for a month.
Change from active to passive:
By the beginning of next century, we'll have already invented a new source of energy.
By the beginning of next century, a new source of energy will have already been invented.
Change from active to passive:
We would love someone to take us out to dinner
We would love to be taken out to dinner.