Put the following into the passive.
1) They waste a lot of time discussing unimportant things.
2)At the conference they asked the speaker a lot of questions.
3) Recently they have told us about a lot of discoveries.
4) Has someone installed that program?
5) Unfortunately nobody offered him any help.
6) A machine could do that much more easily.
7) They have given me all the necessary information yesterday.
8)Next week your boss will send you to Moscow on business.
9) Our engineer is teaching the new lab assistant to use modern equipment now.
10) The examiner will read the passage three times.
1)
1. they start work at 9: 00 a.m.
2. he is talking on the phone right now.
3. they are redecorating their house this week.
4. he takes a shower, has breakfast and goes to school.
5. he is taking his cat to the vet tomorrow.
6. she has lived in moscow.
7. tom catches the train to work every morning.
8. he cleaned his room every sunday.
9. fred has worked for the company for ten weeks.
10. they bought a new car a week.
11. kate left the sports club late yesterday.
12. nick came home, changed his clothes and went out again.
13. the children were walking to school at 8: 00 a.m. yesterday.
14. ann was going to bob's house at 5 in the afternoon.
15. i am doing my homework while my brother is playing a computer game.
2)
1. when i was young, i thought mary was nice but now i think she’s fantastic.
2. jill was walking home when she saw her husband’s car outside the cinema.
3. look there! sue and tim are running to school.
4. jack’s father does not work in london — he does not speak english.
5. joe bought a car yesterday.
6. their father often goes to rock concerts.
7. while you were sleeping, mother arrived.
8. i was listening to the radio while mary was cooking dinner.
9. did you buy this book yesterday?
10. last friday jill went home early because she wanted to see a film.
11. when does your brother usually get home in the evening?
12. jane always brings us a nice present.
13. what are those people doing in the middle of the road?
14. have you read this book?
15. while fred was sleeping, judy was watching tv.