GRAMMAR - PASSIVE VOICE

The telephone _____ by Alexander Graham Bell.

• invented

• is inventing

• be invented

• was invented

Mr. Pike ______ the most famous archaeologist in our city.

• says to be

• is said to be

• is said that

• said to be

Many people believe that God created the world.

• It believes that God created the world.

• The world is believed God created.

• God is believed to create the world.

• God is believed to have created the world.

______ to be the richest man in the USA.

• Bill Gates

• Bill Gates says

• Bill Gates is

• Bill Gates is said

John is said to have been stolen the money.

• It is said that John steals the money.

• It is said that John was stolen money.

• People said John was stolen the money.

• People say that John steals the money.

It is said that many people are homeless after the floods.

• Many people say to be homeless after the floods.

• Many people said are homeless after the floods.

• Many people are said to be homeless after the floods.

• Many people are said to have been homeless after the floods.

They think visiting the pyramids is interesting.

• The pyramids are thought interesting to be visited.

• It is thought the pyramids are visited interesting.

• Visiting the pyramids is thought to be interesting.

• Visiting the pyramids is thought to have been interesting.

The skyscraper is said to have been built in 1930.

• They said the skyscraper was built in 1930.

• It was said that the skyscraper was built in 1930.

• They are said the skyscraper is built in 1930.

• It is said that the skyscraper was built in 1930.

They predict that a heavy storm will come in the area.

• A heavy storm is predicted to have come in the area.

• It is predicted that a heavy storm would come in the area.

• A heavy storm is predicted to come in the area.

• It is predicted that a heavy storm came in the area.

_____ how the ancient Egyptian carried such heavy blocks of stone.

• People do not know

• People have not been known

• It has not known

• It has not known