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�Technicum Si-Tarek Of Relizane � Third Year Students � Technological Streams 2003/2004 � Structure Practice: The Passive Voice �Exercise THREE: Rewrite the sentences in the passive, making the underlined ����������������������������������������� words in bold italics the subject of the sentence or clause in ������������������������������������������which�they appear. Use an agent only when necessay � 1. ���� They gave the oldest councillor the freedom of the city. �������� . 2.����� They denied access to the secret documents to all but a few. �������� . 3.����� Someone showed the child how to use the telephone. ���������. 4.����� They declared him persona non grata and allowed him only forty-eight hours to leave the country. �������� . 5.����� They gave him artificial respiration. �������� . 6.����� Why didn't they offer him the job? ���������? 7.����� Didn't they promise you a rise in salary at the beginning of the year? ���������? 8.����� Someone left him a legacy of �10,000. �������� . 9.����� When he looked at the stamps, he found they had sold him forgeries. �������� . 10.��� What did they pay you for doing the job? �������� . 11.���� Someone should tell him never to do that again. �������� . 12.��� They asked you to meet me here at 11 o'clock, not half past. �������� . 13.��� Will someone send me the details? �������� ? 14.��� We shall send you the goods as soon as they are available. �������� . 15.��� Someone must teach that boy a lesson! �������� . 16.��� We must give slum-clearance priority over the building of new properties. �������� . � � � � �