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The Passive: Mixed Tenses

Change these sentences from active to passive.

1. People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


Portuguese is spoken in Brazil
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2. The Government is planning a new road near my house.
A new road is being planned hear by the government
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house
my
3. My grandfather built this house in 1943.

my grandfather
this horse was built by
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in 1943

4. Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.


Overnica was
being parnted by Picasso at that time
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5. The cleaner has cleaned the office.
The Office has been cleaned by the Cleaner
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6. He had written three books before 1867.


three books had been written by him before 1867.
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7. John will tell you later.
You be told later by John
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will
8. By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.
The deal will have been signed by this fine tomorrow
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9. Somebody should do the work.
the work should be done
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10. The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.
Jimmy might have been delayed by the traffic
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11. Everybody loves Mr Brown.
Mr. Brown is loved by everybody .
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12. They are building a new stadium near the station.
A new stadium is being built near the statio
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13. The wolf ate the princess.
The princess was eaten by the wolf
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14. At six o'clock someone was telling a story.


A story was being fold at six o'clock
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15. Somebody has drunk all the milk!
All th e mille has been drunk,
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16. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
All the windows had been cleared before the storm
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17. A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
The computer will be repaired tomorrow by a workman
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18. By next year the students will have studied the passive.
By next year, the passive will have been studied by the Students.
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19. James might cook dinner.
Dinner might be cooled by james.
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20. Somebody must have taken my wallet.
My walled must have been talen
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