Answer — Exercise 3
1 - Tense review·New Headway Advanced - Workbook
Question
Most of the sentences below (but not all) would sound better in the passive. Decide which ones and rewrite them.
Answer
- (better in the passive) This bridge was built in 1897.
- (better in the passive) My grandfather has been invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
- (fine as an active sentence)
- (better in the passive) Reference books must not be taken from the library.
- (fine as an active sentence)
- (better in the passive) A Bulgarian scientist is said to have discovered a drug which prevents ageing.
- (better in the passive) You're wanted in reception. You'll be told what it's about.
- (better in the passive) Eight people were buried by an avalanche in Austria.
- (better in the passive) He is known to be a very good judge of character.
- (better in the passive) The violent robber who has been on the run for a week has finally been recaptured.