Put the following into the passive voice. The agent should not be mentioned except in numbers II
and 28.
1 You should open the wine about three hours before you use it.
2 Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice.
3 Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
4 We use this room only on special occasions.
5 You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission.
6 In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles.
7 Someone switched on a light and opened the door.
8 Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife.
9 They are pulling down the old theatre.
10 Why didn't they mend the roof before it fell in?
11 The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots.
12 The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning
books.
13 The police asked each of us about his movements on the night of the crime.
14 Someone will serve refreshments.
15 People must not leave bicycles in the hall.
16 Members may keep books for three weeks. After that they must return them.
17 The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door.
18 I've bought a harp. They are delivering it this afternoon.
(Do not change the first sentence.)
19 Someone has already told him to report for duty at six.
20 They rang the church bells as a flood warning.
21 No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
22 People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago.
23 The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month.
24 They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun.
25 It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child.
26 A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered Ј20 reward for him.
27 The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine.
28 They make these artificial flowers of silk.
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Put the following into the passive voice. The agent should not be mentioned except in numbers II and 28.
1 The wine should be opened about three hours before you use it.
2 Steps were cut in the ice.
3 My shoes were cleaned and my suit was brushed.
4 This room is only used on special occasions.
5 The nails must not be hammered into the walls without permission.
6 Pigs are used in some districts to find truffles.
7 The light was swithched on and the door was opened.
8 The picture was slashed with a knife.
9 The old theatre is pulled down..
10 The roof was not mended before it fell in.
11 All the shop windows were broken in recent riots by the mob.
12 A new system was started because the books were not returned.
13 We were asked about the movements on the night of the crime
14 The refreshments will be served.
15 Bicycles must not be left in the hall.
16 The books may be kept for three weeks. After that the books must be returned.
17 An enormous hole in the steel door was cut.
18 I've bought a harp. It is delivered this afternoon.
19 He was told to report for duty at six.
20 The church bells were rung as a flood warning.
21 Nothing can be done unless more information will be given.
22 Far more money are spent on food now than they were spent ten years ago.
23 The paintings will be exhibited till the end of the month.
24 Nothing more about the matter will be said if the stolen gun is returned.
25 He was told to stop behaving like a child.
26 My dog was stolen and brought back only when a Ј20 reward was offered for him.
27 Two weeks were given to him in which the fine to be paid.
28 These artificial flowers of silk are made by them.