PASSIVE VOICE 1. Rewrite the sentences using the Passive Voice and omitting the subject.
1. The postman has already delivered the mail.
The mail
2. Have the workmen repaired the street lights yet?
the street ?
3. The government has just passed some new antismoking laws.
Some new anti-smoking laws
4. The local council hasn’t built any new homes fortwenty years.
Nonew homes
5. Nobody has watered the plants.
The plants
6. Someone stole my bike last night.
My bike
7. Archaeologists discovered a Roman temple underneath the new housing estate.
A Roman temple
8. The sports officials held the races indoors because it was raining.
The races
9. Someone had booked the leisure center for a children’s party on Saturday.
The leisure center
10. The plumber was repairing the dishwasher so I couldn’t leave the house.
The dishwasher
11. When we returned to our hotel room, the chambermaid still hadn’t cleaned it. Our hotel room