Passive Voice

2. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive Voice. Keep them in the same tense, and remove we, they, someone, no one.

1. We check the airplanes every month. –The airplanes are checked by us
2. Someone has given him some new clothes. – New clothes have been given to him by someone
3. They sold two million copies of the book last year. – Two million copies of the book were sold by them last year
4. No one has invited him. – He wasn't invited
5. They will discuss the problem at the meeting. - The problem will be discussed at the meeting by them
6. They are carrying out the research. - The research is carried out by them
7. They have just obtained the results. - The results were just obtained by them
8. They didn’t arrive at the decision. - The decision wasn’t arrived at by them

Passive Voice

2. Rewrite the sentences in the Passive Voice. Keep them in the same tense, and remove we, they, someone, no one.

1. We check the airplanes every month. –The airplanes is checking by us The airplanes are checked by us.
2. Someone has given him some new clothes. – New clothes has given him by someone New clothes have been given to him by someone.
3. They sold two million copies of the book last year. – Two million copies of the book were sold by them last year
4. No one has invited him. – He hasn’t invited He hasn't been invited by anyone.
5. They will discuss the problem at the meeting. - The problem will discussed at the meeting by them The problem will be discussed by them at the meeting.
6. They are carrying out the research. - The research is carrying by them The research is being carried out by them.
7. They have just obtained the results. - The results just obtained by them The results have just been obtained by them.
8. They didn’t arrive at the decision. - The decision wasn’t found by them The decision was not arrived at by them.

Maria, nice try! The passive voice can be tricky and is not used as often as the active voice. Just make sure your verbs agree with your subjects (singular or plural) and you'll have a lot more success. Good luck!