Cover of the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - Language focus for the textbook New Headway Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Some active sentences can sound unnatural. Rewrite them using the passive.

Answer

  1. Our house was built in the 19th century.
  2. My flat is being decorated at the moment.
  3. Has the printer been fixed yet?
  4. While the new kitchen was being installed, we had lots of takeaways.
  5. When we went up to our hotel room, we found that it hadn't been cleaned.
  6. She won't be recognized in those dark glasses.