SPECIAL PASSIVE FORMS
The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning books.
->system was being started because books were not being returned
2.No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information.
->Nothing can be done unless we are given…
3.They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun
-Nothing more will be said …. If The gun is returned
4.It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child.
->He was told to stop …..
5. A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered $ 20 reward for him
->My dog was stolen and brought back only when a $ 20 reward was offered
* The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be+ past participle
6. They advised employing part- time workers.
- > They advised that part- time workers should be employed.
7. Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed
->Compare clothes washed by us with clothes washed by any other laundry.
8. He expected us to offer him the job.*
-> He expected to be offered.
9. Titian couldn’t have painted it as people didn’t wear that style of dress
-> It couldn’t have been painted by Ti because that kind of dress wasn’t worn.
10. They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area.
-> They recommended that new factories should be opened.
11.Judges used to carry sweet herbs as a protection against jail – fever
-> Herbs used to be carried by judges…
12. The prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock.( xưởng sửa chữa tàu )
-> Dock was to have been opened by the PM.
13.Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship.
->This training ship is to be manned by boys
14.The authorities are to introduce this speed limit gradually.
-> This speed limit is to be introduced …
15.They suggested making the test easier.
- > They suggested that the tests should be made
16.People say that Byron lived on vinegar and potatoes. *
-> Byron is said to have lived on…..
17. They made him surrender his passport.
-> He was made to surrender his passport.
18. People are saying that the government is spending too little money on roads..*
->It is being said that too little money is being spent by the government on roads.
19. People believed that the earth was flat
-> It was believed that the earth was flat
-> The earth was believed to be flat
20.People say that early Egyptian and Greek sailors used carrier pigeons *
-> Carrier pigeons are said to have been used by early Egyptian and Greek sailors