A) Turn from Active to Passive:

1. The gardener has planted some trees.

Some trees have been planted by the gardener.

2. Doctor Brown will give you some advice.

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3. Steven Spielberg directed E.T.

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4. Someone has broken the crystal vase.

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5. Picasso painted this picture.

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6. A famous designer will redecorate the hotel.

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7. They will advertise the product on television.

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8. His parents have brought him to be polite.

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9. Wes Anderson is shooting a film now.

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10. B.F. Skinner created an operant conditioning machine.

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B) Use the Infinitive (to + verb) or the Gerund (verb + ing)

1. We don't want anybody (know) we are here.

We don't want anybody to know we are here.

2. He would like the boys (tidy) their rooms.

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3. The Parliament Members hope (vote) for a change of Educational Institutions.

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4. Joakim Noah wish (play) for the Los Angeles clippers for a long time.

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5. You'll never dream (catch) the stars in the night.

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6. She hates (answer) the phone at lunch time because it's always for commercial questionnaires.

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7. I'm sorry sir, I'm late but I promise (not be) late next week for the test.

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8. Would you mind (write) your name and address at the back of this cheque?

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9. I advised her (ask) the bus conductor for the stop.

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10. Would you like (listen) to some music?

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	Created by Caroline BOINET over 4 years ago

Thanks to these two exercises, you will revise the use of gerunds or infinitive and learn how to transform active sentences into the passive form.

From active to passive / infinitive or gerund?