Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1. Frank will have ordered the drinks. –
2. You will have spent all the money. -
3. I will have taken the dog for a walk. -
4. She will have sold the car. -
5. They will have solved the problem. -
6. She will not have read the book. -
7. They will not have trusted him. -
8. He won't have rung Barbara. -
9. Will they have paid the bill? -
10. Will you have washed my socks? –
11. She will have read this book. -
12. We shall have done our home-task. -
13. She will not have abused me. -
14. He will not have taken the test. -
15. You will not have learnt the lesson. -
16. He will have sold his house. -
17. Will he have paid the bill? -
18. Who will have broken the chair? -
19. He will have milked the cow. -
20. Ruth will have spent all the money. -
Check yourself. Use passive voice.
1. Edison invented the first gramophone.
2. The cat drank all the milk.
3. They did not expect me.
4. Did you make a noise?
5. The teacher did not beat them.
6. They did not win the prize.
7. A thief stole my bike.
8. Alec cleaned the home.
9. Jenny wrote a letter.
10. When did he do his home task?
11. Where did you find the diary?
12. Which picture did you see last night?
13. Tom did not make a cake.
Complete the sentences in passive voice with the verbs in brackets
| Letters by the postman at 8 every day. (deliver) |
| This bag in the bus yesterday. (find) |
| The dress in hot water. (cannot wash) |
| your motorbike yet? (repair) |
| The message tomorrow. (send) |
| These offices now. (clean) |
| This report in time if you didn't help me. (not finish) |
| Why the TV ? (turn on) |
| This building since the 1930's. (not reconstruct) |
| Bags in the cloakroom. (must leave) |
| The engine just when the manager saw it. (test) |
| The last umbrellas in the morning. (sell) |
| You to arrive so late if you worked for me. (not allow) |
| The plan in two days. (announce) |
| All the halls at the moment. (paint) |
| What were we doing at 11 o'clock? We . (interview) |
| After the window pane someone smashed the window again. (replace) |
REPORTED SPEECH / INDIRECT SPEECH.
If we want to report what other people said, thought or felt, we can use the direct or indirect (reported) speech.
The direct speech: "I like it," he said. "Irene is late," he thought. "I will pass the exam," she hoped.
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The indirect (reported) speech: He said he liked it. He thought that Irene was late. She hoped she would pass the exam.
The indirect (reported) speech is typically introduced by verbs such as say, tell, admit, complain, explain, remind, reply, think, hope, offer, refuse etc. He said (that) he didn't want it. She explained that she had been at the seaside.
The changes of verb tenses in the indirect (reported) speech
Present - past
The present simple tense becomes the past simple tense and the present continuous becomes the past continuous.
"I never understand you," she told me. - She told me she never understood me. "We are exercising," he explained. - He explained that they were exercising.
Present perfect - past perfect
The present perfect simple changes into the past perfect simple and the present perfect continuous changes into the past perfect continuous.
"I have broken the window," he admitted. - He admitted that he had broken the window. "I have been waiting since the morning," he complained. - He complained that he had been waiting since the morning.
Past - past perfect.
The past simple tense becomes the past perfect simple and the past continuous becomes the past perfect continuous.
"She went to Rome," I thought. - I thought that she had gone to Rome. "He was thinking of buying a new car," she said. - She said he had been thinking of buying a new car.
4.Will - conditional(would)
"I will come on Sunday," he reminded me. - He reminded me that he would come on Sunday. Notes I shall, we shall usually become would. "I shall appreciate it," he said. - He said he would appreciate it. The first person conditional I should, we should usually changes into would. "We should be really glad," she told us. - She told us they would be really glad.
May becomes might. "I may write to him," she promised. - She promised that she might write to him.
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The verb forms remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following cases.
If the reporting verb is in the present tense.
Bill: "I am enjoying my holiday." - Bill says he is enjoying his holiday. Sandy: "I will never go to work." - Sandy says she will never go to work.
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