Exercise 1
Practice in using the Passive Voice. Change the following statements into their passive equivalents.
Example 1. They know Tokyo is a huge city.
It is known that Tokyo is a huge city.

1. They believe doctors are always ready to help people who are ill. 2. Everyone expects the new discovery will bring positive results. 3. People say that New York was discovered by an Italian navigators. 4. They say
that according to Russian tradition honored guests are welcomed with bread and salt.

Example 2. They offered me a cup of tea.
I was offered a cup of tea. A cup of tea was offered to me.

1. They gave me a form to fill in. 2. They granted me a visa. 3. We’ll offer him by all means. 4. He has just told us a very amusing story.

1. he slipped and almost fell. 2. he left the dog around the house. 3. the path turned sharply to the village. 4. he stared at helen, who sat opposite him. 5. the door was wide open, and they went in without calling. 6. "jane's asleep, and i don't want to be bothered," said tom sharply. 7. "sorry," said eliza, coming to a sudden halt. 8. he came home shortly after we left. 9. you changed so much i hardly recognized you. 10. john cut my thumb badly and was crying, when mother went into the nursery. 11. she breathed slowly and deeply after the competition. 12. a quiet deep water. 13. during the conversation, he carefully examined it. 14. little john came down and sat on the bottom step. bella came up close and began to consider it. 15. tom followed immediately behind my sister. 16. within two or three days, the doctor closely followed by philip. 17. we can live with heads held high and look the whole world in the face. 18. we were considered highly educated. 19. when jack spoke, he gestured with his hands. 20. the sooner you read the book, the better. 21. the more he thought about it the more he liked.