EXERCISE 1. Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary.

1 They feed the seals at the zoo twice а day.

2 Who wrote it?

3 Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed.

4 Не expected us to offer him the job.

5 They showed her the easiest way to do it.

6 Lightning struck the old oak.

7 Titian couldn't have painted it as people didn't wear that style of dress till after his death.

8 А jellyfish stung her.

9 The author has written а special edition for children.

10 Judges used to carry sweet herbs as а protection against jail-fever.

EXERCISE 2. Turn the following sentences into the active voice. Where nо agent is mentioned one must bе supplied.

1 This speed limit is to bе introduced gradually.

2 The runways are being lengthened at all the main airports.

3 It is now 6 а.m. and at most of the hospitals in the country patients are being wakened with cups of tea.

4 Byron is said to have lived оn vinegar and potatoes.

5 Ву tradition, any sturgeon that are caught bу British ships must bе offered to the Queen.

6 This notice has been altered.

7 The damaged ship was being towed into harbour when the towline broke.

8 Evening dress will bе worn.

9 The ship was put into quarantine and passengers and crew were forbidden to land.

10 Someone will have to bе found to take her place.

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