Question

Exercise 1. Turn the following active constructions into passive omitting all mention of the agent of the action. 1. No one has made any mistakes. 2. People have made great progress in physics. 3. Nobody has ever treated me with such kindness. 4. He knew that they had sent the inventions out two weeks earlier. 5. They have always passed his telephone calls through to the Minister without questions. 6. I knew that they had told him about the meeting at once. 7. Ever since I started asking questions about my sister they have lied to me. 8. No one has ever beaten my brother at tennis.​

Answer 1

1. No mistakes have been made.
2. Great progress has been made in physics.
3. I have never been treated with such kindness.
4. It was known that the inventions had been sent out two weeks earlier.
5. His telephone calls have always been passed through to the Minister without questions.
6. It was known that he had been told about the meeting at once.
7. Ever since questions started being asked about my sister, I have been lied to.
8. My brother has never been beaten at tennis.