The Passive Voice .
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A - Rewrite the following sentences as indicated:
1. People don’t respect children’s rights in many countries.
Children’s rights …………………………………………………......................………2. Every week, they bring food supplies by helicopter to the refugees.
3. Passengers mustn’t use mobile phones on planes.
Mobile phones ……………………………………………………………..................…
4. They launched an anti-smoking campaign to sensitize the public to the danger of tobacco.
Anantismokingcampaign………………………………………………………………...........
5. Scientists have made great progress in genetic studies. Great progress ……………………………………………………………………………………….......
6. Some people consider speed as the main cause of accidents on our roads.
Speed …………………………………………………………………....................
7. You should take drastic measures if you want to keep your city clean.
Drastic measures …………………………………………………….....................
8. They deported all illegal African immigrants to their home countries.
All illegal African immigrants ……………………………………….....................
It is ……………………………………………………………………………………
Environmental sustainability ………................……………………………….
11. Governments must give the youth more opportunities to participate in decision making.
The youth …………………………………………………………......................
12. Some human rights activists are holding a fund-raising meeting.
A fund-raising meeting …………………………………….................………………..
13. Rich countries are not doing anything to eradicate poverty in the world.
Nothing …………………………………………………………………...................…
14. We still deny women equal status in many parts of the world.
Women …………………………………………………………………...................…
15. They have installed CCV cameras in all public institutions for security measures.
CCV cameras ………………………………………………………………...................
16. You must rewrite this report. It’s full of mistakes, I’m afraid.
This report ………………………………………………………………..................…
17. The city council has not created any green space since it was elected.
No green space ………………………………………………………...................………
18. People say that Mehdi is a gifted humourist.
Mehdi …………………………………………………………………………...............
19. The closure of the factory will make hundreds of workers redundant.
Hundreds of workers ………………………………………...................……………..
20. I didn’t realize that somebody was listening to our telephone conversation.
I didn’t realize that our telephone conversation ...………..
21. We believe that women are as skilful as men at managing big companies.
Women ……………………………………………………………………………...........
22. We should force rural girls to access schools and get appropriate education.
Rural girls …………………………………………………………………...................
23. “We have to ban all nuclear and biological weapons.” A UN Official said.
All nuclear ………………………………………………………………………...........
24. Many developing countries are exhausting their natural resources at a high rate.
Natural resources …………………………………………………………..................…
25. “We could have given them a second chance to demonstrate their abilities.”
They ………………………………………………………………………………….......
26. They will grant rural women more micro-credits as a form of support.
Rural women …………………………………………………………...................…
27. People say that brain drain is a form of modern slavery.
Brain drain …………………………………………………………………...................
28. People wrongly believe that women cannot combine marriage and employment.
It is wrongly ………………………………………………………………...................
29. Our society should educate girls to contribute to their self-empowerment.
Girls ……………………………………………………………………………………...........
30. A charity association has recently built a new school for girls in a remote rural area.
B - Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
In the summer of 1995, there was a terrible flood in Ourika, a beautiful tourist resort not far from Marrakesh. The area (crowd) ___________________ with Moroccan and foreign tourists when a terrible storm broke out over the Atlas Mountains surrounding it. In no time, the whole valley (submerge) ___________________ by rushing waters that carried away everything in their way.There was a heavy loss of life and property. Hundreds of people (drown) ____________________ by the waters and many of them (injure) ___________________. Others (report) ___________________ missing. Many cars and other vehicles (sweep) ___________________ by the floods and badly (damage) ___________________. The whole area (cut off) ___________________ from the world as the roads (block) ___________________ and telephone and electricity lines (destroy) ___________________.The damages caused by the floods (estimate) ___________________ to billions of dirhams.
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