Question

Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary. Where there is an indirect and a direct object, make the indirect object the subject of the passive verb. They gave her a clock. She was given a clock. The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be + past participle: They advised employingpart-timeworkers. They advised that part-timeworkers should be employed.
1 They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day.
2 Who wrote it?
3 Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed.
4 He 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 A jellyfish stung her.
9 The author has written a special edition for children.
10 Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail-fever.

Answer 1

1. The seals at the zoo were fed twice a day by them.
2. It was written by who?
3. Compare the clothes that have been washed by us with the clothes that have been washed by any other laundry.
4. Offering him the job was his expectation
5. She has been shown the easiest way to do it.
6. The old oak was strucked by the lightning.
7. It couldn't have been painted by Titian as people haven't wore that style of dress till after his death.
8. She has been stung by a jellyfish 
9. A special edition has been written by the author for children
10. The sweet herbs were used to be carried by judges as a protection against jail-fever