passive

A. Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

1. They sell oysters in the shop next door.

2. They haven’t delivered the food yet.

3. Shakespeare wrote King Lear.

4. Someone’s going to send her some flowers.

5. Has anybody put the cases upstairs?

B. Complete the sentences with the words in parenthesis. Use the appropriate form, passive or active.

1. a. Good news! I (may+ offer) ________________ a job soon. I had an interview at an engineering firm yesterday.

b. Kristina has good news. The engineering firm where she had an interview yesterday (may + offer) ______________________ her a job soon.

c. I hope Kristina accepts our job offer, but I know she’s been interviewing with several companies. She (may+ already + offer) ____________________________a job by competing firm before we made our offer.

d. A. Competing firm (may + already + offer) Kristina a job before we made our offer.

2. a. A: Andy, your chores (had better + finish) __________________________ by the time I get home, including taking the garbage.

B: Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll do everything you told me to do.

b. A: Andy, you (had better + finish ____________________________ your chores before Mom gets home.

B: I know. I’ll do them in a minute. I’m busy right now.