Mastering Passive Voice and Reported Speech Exercises

Passive Voice: Statements

1. A car is going to be rented by my parents for holidays.
2. Two pens are being held nervously by Mike.
3. Laura was asked three exam questions by the teacher. / Three exam questions were asked to Laura by the teacher.
4. London is thought to be the best city in Europe. / It is thought that London is the best city in Europe.
5. Her parents will be looked after by Julia today.
6. The demonstrations may be led by the President this afternoon.
7. That meat would be frozen (by me) if I were you.
8. No se puede
9. These pearls can be hidden under the carpet.
10. Cigarettes mustn’t be smoked in this building.

Passive Voice: Questions

11. Has the lesson been understood?
12. Was the alarm clock set by John last night?
13. Which animal had you been bitten by?
14. When are his birthday candles going to be blown by Bill?
15. How often are books read by your friends?
16. Were you given a laptop for your birthday? / Was a laptop given to you for your birthday?
17. Should her grandparents be visited more regularly by Emma?

Reported Speech

Reported Statements

18. Mike says that he doesn’t like chicken.
19. My friend said that it was going to snow in Pamplona the following day.
20. The teacher told us that water boils at 100 degrees in that saucepan.
21. Robert told me that he wanted to go with me to the cinema that night.
22. My parents said that they had been having dinner at that restaurant the day before.
23. Julia said that she had to leave the hotel then.
24. She told us that they had made it to class that day.
25. Rob said that he would probably fly to Paris that summer.

Reported Questions

26. My mom asked my dad whether they should take a bus or a taxi to get to that hotel.
27. The teacher asked if we had been working hard for the exams.
28. My friend asked me if I had bought those bananas the week before.
29. Ronne asked me if my parents would give me permission to visit London.
30. My mum asked me what time I had gotten up that morning.
31. Ann asked her dad when he was going to take the plane.
32. Tom asked us where we had been the week before.
33. Felipe asked me why my sister had been studying for those exams.

Reported Commands and Suggestions

34. She told me to come with her for a coffee that night.
35. Mike begged my dad not to give them a lift to school the following Monday.
36. She suggested not watching TV that day.

She suggested that they shouldn't watch TV that day.