PASSIVE VOICE: EXERCÍCIOS

Exercícios (a enviar para o e-mail):

A. Transforma para a voz passiva ou activa, conforme os casos:

1. This job requires contact with customers.

2. French riots are being fuelled by many different problems.

3. It has been said by some Americans that Mexicans are lazy.

4. Who has been told by you about our conversation?

Ajuda:

— o frase está na voz passiva;

— o verbo “to be” está no present perfect (has been)

— a frase é interrogativa;

Assim:

— o agente da passiva passa a sujeito: YOU

— o verbo principal tem de passar para o present perfect: YOU HAVE TOLD

— a frase tem de ser colocada na interrogativa usando “who” + inversão sujeito/verbo: WHO HAVE YOU TOLD about…

5. What will you do about it?

6. They should write a report about the whole situation.

B. Reescreve as frases, começando com a expressão indicada:

1. This company produces all sorts of books.

All sorts of books___________________.

2. They are painting this wall.

This wall ____________________.

3. We have declared that this is not possible.

It ___________________________.

3. Weeks of rioting have forced the French to rethink their ideas about integration.

The French__________________________________________.

4. They gave a book to John.

John_______________________________.