The Passive Form

Exercise 1

Turn the following sentences into the passive:

1. Mary studies the poems by heart
2. Yesterday I bought a present for you
3. Mark has sold his old motorbike
4. The police arrested the thief an hour after the robbery
5. They introduced her to everybody
6. Her manners annoy me
7. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492
8. That publisher will publish a new book about the same subject
9. Don’t worry, we’ll find a solution
10. They have just opened a new bookshop in the street where we live

The solution is here.