Passive Voice . Exercises.
1. They sent him a copy of the letter. = The copy of this letter was sent to him. = He was sent this letter. 2. Their colleagues told them the news. = The news were told to them. = They were told the news. 3. The engeneer gave them all the necessary instructions. = The necessary instructions were guven to them. = They were given the necessary instructions. 4. The employers usually pay different amounts of money to men and women.= Different amounts of money are usually paid to men and wiman. = Men and woman are usually paid different amounts of money. 5. The laboratory technician showed us some of the new equipment. = Some of the new equipment were shown to us. = We were shown some of the new equipment. 6. The administration promised the women an increase in their earnings. = An increase in women's earnings was promised to women. =Women was promised an increase in their earnings.
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Passive Voice . Exercises.
1. They sent him a copy of the letter. = The copy of this letter was sent to him. = He was sent the copy of the letter. 2. Their colleagues told them the news. = The news was told to them. = They were told the news. 3. The engeneer gave them all the necessary instructions. = The necessary instructions were given to them. = They were given the necessary instructions. 4. The employers usually pay different amounts of money to men and women.= Different amounts of money are usually paid to men and wiman. = Men and woman are usually paid different amounts of money. 5. The laboratory technician showed us some of the new equipment. = Some of the new equipment were shown to us. = We were shown some of the new equipment. 6. The administration promised the women an increase in their earnings. = An increase in women's earnings was promised to women. =Women were promised an increase in their earnings.1
Passive Voice . Exercises.
1. They sent him a copy of the letter. = The A copy of this the letter was sent to him. = He was sent this a copy of the letter. 2. Their colleagues told them the news. = The news were was told to them by their colleagues. = They were told the news by their colleagues. 3. The engineer gave them all the necessary instructions. = The necessary instructions were given to them by the engineer. = They were given the necessary instructions by the engineer. 4. The employers usually pay different amounts of money to men and women.= Different amounts of money are usually paid to men and women. = Men and women are usually paid different amounts of money. 5. The laboratory technician showed us some of the new equipment. = Some of the new equipment were was shown to us by the laboratory technician. = We were shown some of the new equipment by the laboratory technician. 6. The administration promised the women an increase in their earnings. = An increase in women's earnings was promised to the women by the administration. =Women was were promised an increase in their earnings by the administration.Some explanations:
1. 'news' is singular, even though it ends in 's'.
2. 'equipment' is a singular noun, even if it refers to multiple pieces of equipment.
3. I assume the exercise is to take a sentence written in the active voice, and rewrite it in the passive voice. This is why I added some words to some of the sentences, so that they have all the information in the original sentence.
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