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Since the user has set all options (ExplainAnswer, TeachTopic, GeneratePractice) to false, no explanatory or practice sections will be included. The task is to provide only the final correct answer — which, in this context, means listing the passive voice versions of the given active sentences as requested in the worksheet.
However, note: the image already contains both the questions AND the answers for two separate exercises. Since the instruction says “Solve the problem accurately” and the problem is to change active voice sentences into passive voice, and since the answers are already provided in the image, the most accurate response is to reproduce the correct passive voice transformations as shown in the image’s answer keys — because those are the verified correct solutions.
But wait — the user might be asking me to solve the *second* worksheet (since the first one’s answers are listed right after its questions, but the second worksheet’s answers are also listed). Actually, looking closely:
The image has:
- First exercise: 14 active sentences → 10 answers listed (so some are missing? Or maybe it’s a typo?)
Wait — actually, counting:
First exercise questions: 1 to 14
First exercise answers: 1 to 10 — so answers 11–14 are missing.
Second exercise questions: 1 to 13
Second exercise answers: 1 to 11 — so answers 12–13 are missing.
Ah! So the task is likely to complete the missing answers.
Let me check:
First exercise, missing answers: 11, 12, 13, 14
Original active sentences:
11. I have finished the job.
12. I sent the report yesterday.
13. She bought a diamond necklace.
14. Somebody had stolen my purse.
Passive voice conversions:
11. The job has been finished by me.
But note: in formal English, we often omit “by me” if it’s obvious. However, since the other answers include “by him”, “by her”, etc., we should include the agent unless it’s indefinite like “somebody”.
But let’s see pattern from given answers:
In first exercise, answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” → includes “by someone”
Answer 6: “By whom was this letter written?” → question form
So for 11: “The job has been finished by me.” — but “by me” is awkward. Often we say “The job has been finished.” without agent. But to match style, perhaps: “The job has been finished by me.” — though unnatural.
Alternatively, maybe the expected answer omits the agent when it’s “I”. Let’s look at second exercise:
Second exercise, question 6: “They asked him to wait.” → Answer: “I was asked to wait.” — here, “they” becomes “I” because the original object “him” becomes subject, and “they” is omitted because it’s general.
Similarly, question 7: “They have invited me to their party.” → Answer: “I have been invited to their party.” — again, “they” omitted.
So for first exercise, sentence 11: “I have finished the job.” → Passive: “The job has been finished.” (agent omitted)
But wait — sentence 12: “I sent the report yesterday.” → Passive: “The report was sent yesterday.” (agent omitted)
Sentence 13: “She bought a diamond necklace.” → Passive: “A diamond necklace was bought by her.” — here, “by her” is included because “she” is specific.
Sentence 14: “Somebody had stolen my purse.” → Passive: “My purse had been stolen by somebody.” — but “somebody” is indefinite, so often omitted: “My purse had been stolen.”
Looking at first exercise answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” — they kept “by someone”, so perhaps we keep it.
But in standard grammar, for indefinite agents like “somebody”, “someone”, “they” (when general), we often omit in passive.
However, to be consistent with the given answers in the image, let’s see what they did:
In first exercise, answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” — kept “by someone”
Answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — kept “by them”
So perhaps we should include the agent even if indefinite.
But for “I”, it’s different. In second exercise, when the subject is “I” in active, in passive it becomes the object, and the agent “they” is omitted.
For first exercise sentence 11: active subject is “I”, object is “the job”. Passive: subject becomes “the job”, verb “has been finished”, agent “by me” — but “by me” is rarely used. Probably expected to omit.
Similarly, sentence 12: “I sent the report” → “The report was sent” (omit “by me”)
Sentence 13: “She bought...” → “A diamond necklace was bought by her” — include “by her”
Sentence 14: “Somebody had stolen...” → “My purse had been stolen by somebody” — include “by somebody” to match answer 7.
Now second exercise missing answers: 12 and 13
Questions:
12. They hanged the criminal.
13. The masons are building the house.
Passive:
12. The criminal was hanged by them. — but again, “they” is general, and in second exercise answer 6 and 7, they omitted “they”. So probably: “The criminal was hanged.”
But let’s see pattern: in second exercise, question 1: “John won the first prize.” → Answer: “The first prize was won by John.” — included “by John” because specific.
Question 2: “They have appointed them...” → Answer: “He has been appointed...” — omitted “by them”
Question 3: “She has written...” → Answer: “Two books have been written by her.” — included “by her”
So for sentence 12: “They hanged the criminal.” — “they” is general, so omit: “The criminal was hanged.”
Sentence 13: “The masons are building the house.” — “masons” is specific group, so include: “The house is being built by the masons.”
But in first exercise answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — they used “them” for unspecified builders.
Here, “the masons” is specified, so “by the masons” is fine.
Now, to confirm, let’s write the missing answers.
First exercise missing: 11,12,13,14
11. I have finished the job. → The job has been finished. (omit "by me")
12. I sent the report yesterday. → The report was sent yesterday. (omit "by me")
13. She bought a diamond necklace. → A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. Somebody had stolen my purse. → My purse had been stolen by somebody. (to match answer 7's style)
Second exercise missing: 12,13
12. They hanged the criminal. → The criminal was hanged. (omit "by them")
13. The masons are building the house. → The house is being built by the masons.
But wait — in second exercise, question 8: “They have called off their wedding.” → Answer: “Their wedding has been called off.” — omitted “by them”
Question 9: “Positive hydrogen atoms attract negative oxygen atoms.” → Answer: “Negative oxygen atoms are attracted to positive hydrogen atoms.” — no agent, because it’s a general fact.
Question 10: “They took the child to the doctor.” → Answer: “The child was taken to the doctor.” — omitted “by them”
So for sentence 12: “They hanged the criminal.” → should be “The criminal was hanged.” without agent.
Sentence 13: “The masons are building the house.” — “masons” is a specific group, unlike “they” which is vague. In English, when the agent is a specific noun, we often include it. For example, “The house is being built by the masons.” is correct.
In first exercise answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — “them” is vague, but they included it. Here, “the masons” is specific, so definitely include.
So final missing answers:
First exercise:
11. The job has been finished.
12. The report was sent yesterday.
13. A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. My purse had been stolen by somebody.
Second exercise:
12. The criminal was hanged.
13. The house is being built by the masons.
But let’s double-check tense and structure.
First exercise 11: present perfect active → present perfect passive: has/have + been + past participle. “The job has been finished.” Correct.
12: simple past active → simple past passive: was/were + past participle. “The report was sent yesterday.” Correct.
13: simple past active → simple past passive. “A diamond necklace was bought by her.” Correct.
14: past perfect active → past perfect passive: had been + past participle. “My purse had been stolen by somebody.” Correct.
Second exercise 12: simple past active → simple past passive. “The criminal was hanged.” Correct. (Note: “hanged” is correct for execution; “hung” is for objects.)
13: present continuous active → present continuous passive: am/is/are + being + past participle. “The house is being built by the masons.” Correct.
Now, since the user said “Solve the problem accurately” and the problem is to change to passive voice, and the image has incomplete answers, I will provide the complete set of answers for both worksheets as per the image’s style.
But the instruction says: “ONLY THEN provide the final answer.” and “Final Answer: [Provide only the final correct answer]”
Since there are multiple sentences, the final answer should be the list of all passive voice sentences as completed.
However, the image already has most answers, so perhaps the task is to output the full correct answers for both exercises, including the missing ones.
To be precise, I’ll list all answers for both exercises in order, as they should appear.
But the user might expect only the missing ones. However, the instruction doesn’t specify. Since it says “solve the problem”, and the problem is the entire worksheet, I’ll provide the full answer key as corrected.
But to avoid redundancy, perhaps just the missing parts. However, the safest is to provide the complete passive voice transformations for all questions in both exercises, as that is what the task requires.
Given that, and since the image has answers for most, I’ll compile the full list.
But note: in the first exercise, question 6 is a question: “Who wrote this letter?” → passive: “By whom was this letter written?” which is given.
Also, question 9: “May God bless you with happiness!” → passive: “May you be blessed with happiness!” which is given.
So for the final answer, I will write the complete answer keys for both exercises, including the missing ones I deduced.
Final Answer:
First Exercise Answers:
1. English is taught by him.
2. Bananas are being eaten by the child.
3. A letter is being written by her.
4. The servant was punished by the master.
5. A book was being written by him.
6. By whom was this letter written?
7. Meal is cooked by someone every day.
8. A blue shirt was worn by him.
9. May you be blessed with happiness!
10. A house is being built by them.
11. The job has been finished.
12. The report was sent yesterday.
13. A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. My purse had been stolen by somebody.
Second Exercise Answers:
1. The first prize was won by John.
2. He has been appointed as their monitor.
3. Two books have been written by her.
4. The parcel was sent in the morning.
5. The boy was made to drink the milk.
6. I was asked to wait.
7. I have been invited to their party.
8. Their wedding has been called off.
9. Negative oxygen atoms are attracted to positive hydrogen atoms.
10. The child was taken to the doctor.
11. The boy was tortured by his abductors.
12. The criminal was hanged.
13. The house is being built by the masons.
This is the complete and accurate set of passive voice transformations as required.
However, note: the image already contains both the questions AND the answers for two separate exercises. Since the instruction says “Solve the problem accurately” and the problem is to change active voice sentences into passive voice, and since the answers are already provided in the image, the most accurate response is to reproduce the correct passive voice transformations as shown in the image’s answer keys — because those are the verified correct solutions.
But wait — the user might be asking me to solve the *second* worksheet (since the first one’s answers are listed right after its questions, but the second worksheet’s answers are also listed). Actually, looking closely:
The image has:
- First exercise: 14 active sentences → 10 answers listed (so some are missing? Or maybe it’s a typo?)
Wait — actually, counting:
First exercise questions: 1 to 14
First exercise answers: 1 to 10 — so answers 11–14 are missing.
Second exercise questions: 1 to 13
Second exercise answers: 1 to 11 — so answers 12–13 are missing.
Ah! So the task is likely to complete the missing answers.
Let me check:
First exercise, missing answers: 11, 12, 13, 14
Original active sentences:
11. I have finished the job.
12. I sent the report yesterday.
13. She bought a diamond necklace.
14. Somebody had stolen my purse.
Passive voice conversions:
11. The job has been finished by me.
But note: in formal English, we often omit “by me” if it’s obvious. However, since the other answers include “by him”, “by her”, etc., we should include the agent unless it’s indefinite like “somebody”.
But let’s see pattern from given answers:
In first exercise, answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” → includes “by someone”
Answer 6: “By whom was this letter written?” → question form
So for 11: “The job has been finished by me.” — but “by me” is awkward. Often we say “The job has been finished.” without agent. But to match style, perhaps: “The job has been finished by me.” — though unnatural.
Alternatively, maybe the expected answer omits the agent when it’s “I”. Let’s look at second exercise:
Second exercise, question 6: “They asked him to wait.” → Answer: “I was asked to wait.” — here, “they” becomes “I” because the original object “him” becomes subject, and “they” is omitted because it’s general.
Similarly, question 7: “They have invited me to their party.” → Answer: “I have been invited to their party.” — again, “they” omitted.
So for first exercise, sentence 11: “I have finished the job.” → Passive: “The job has been finished.” (agent omitted)
But wait — sentence 12: “I sent the report yesterday.” → Passive: “The report was sent yesterday.” (agent omitted)
Sentence 13: “She bought a diamond necklace.” → Passive: “A diamond necklace was bought by her.” — here, “by her” is included because “she” is specific.
Sentence 14: “Somebody had stolen my purse.” → Passive: “My purse had been stolen by somebody.” — but “somebody” is indefinite, so often omitted: “My purse had been stolen.”
Looking at first exercise answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” — they kept “by someone”, so perhaps we keep it.
But in standard grammar, for indefinite agents like “somebody”, “someone”, “they” (when general), we often omit in passive.
However, to be consistent with the given answers in the image, let’s see what they did:
In first exercise, answer 7: “Meal is cooked by someone every day.” — kept “by someone”
Answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — kept “by them”
So perhaps we should include the agent even if indefinite.
But for “I”, it’s different. In second exercise, when the subject is “I” in active, in passive it becomes the object, and the agent “they” is omitted.
For first exercise sentence 11: active subject is “I”, object is “the job”. Passive: subject becomes “the job”, verb “has been finished”, agent “by me” — but “by me” is rarely used. Probably expected to omit.
Similarly, sentence 12: “I sent the report” → “The report was sent” (omit “by me”)
Sentence 13: “She bought...” → “A diamond necklace was bought by her” — include “by her”
Sentence 14: “Somebody had stolen...” → “My purse had been stolen by somebody” — include “by somebody” to match answer 7.
Now second exercise missing answers: 12 and 13
Questions:
12. They hanged the criminal.
13. The masons are building the house.
Passive:
12. The criminal was hanged by them. — but again, “they” is general, and in second exercise answer 6 and 7, they omitted “they”. So probably: “The criminal was hanged.”
But let’s see pattern: in second exercise, question 1: “John won the first prize.” → Answer: “The first prize was won by John.” — included “by John” because specific.
Question 2: “They have appointed them...” → Answer: “He has been appointed...” — omitted “by them”
Question 3: “She has written...” → Answer: “Two books have been written by her.” — included “by her”
So for sentence 12: “They hanged the criminal.” — “they” is general, so omit: “The criminal was hanged.”
Sentence 13: “The masons are building the house.” — “masons” is specific group, so include: “The house is being built by the masons.”
But in first exercise answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — they used “them” for unspecified builders.
Here, “the masons” is specified, so “by the masons” is fine.
Now, to confirm, let’s write the missing answers.
First exercise missing: 11,12,13,14
11. I have finished the job. → The job has been finished. (omit "by me")
12. I sent the report yesterday. → The report was sent yesterday. (omit "by me")
13. She bought a diamond necklace. → A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. Somebody had stolen my purse. → My purse had been stolen by somebody. (to match answer 7's style)
Second exercise missing: 12,13
12. They hanged the criminal. → The criminal was hanged. (omit "by them")
13. The masons are building the house. → The house is being built by the masons.
But wait — in second exercise, question 8: “They have called off their wedding.” → Answer: “Their wedding has been called off.” — omitted “by them”
Question 9: “Positive hydrogen atoms attract negative oxygen atoms.” → Answer: “Negative oxygen atoms are attracted to positive hydrogen atoms.” — no agent, because it’s a general fact.
Question 10: “They took the child to the doctor.” → Answer: “The child was taken to the doctor.” — omitted “by them”
So for sentence 12: “They hanged the criminal.” → should be “The criminal was hanged.” without agent.
Sentence 13: “The masons are building the house.” — “masons” is a specific group, unlike “they” which is vague. In English, when the agent is a specific noun, we often include it. For example, “The house is being built by the masons.” is correct.
In first exercise answer 10: “A house is being built by them.” — “them” is vague, but they included it. Here, “the masons” is specific, so definitely include.
So final missing answers:
First exercise:
11. The job has been finished.
12. The report was sent yesterday.
13. A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. My purse had been stolen by somebody.
Second exercise:
12. The criminal was hanged.
13. The house is being built by the masons.
But let’s double-check tense and structure.
First exercise 11: present perfect active → present perfect passive: has/have + been + past participle. “The job has been finished.” Correct.
12: simple past active → simple past passive: was/were + past participle. “The report was sent yesterday.” Correct.
13: simple past active → simple past passive. “A diamond necklace was bought by her.” Correct.
14: past perfect active → past perfect passive: had been + past participle. “My purse had been stolen by somebody.” Correct.
Second exercise 12: simple past active → simple past passive. “The criminal was hanged.” Correct. (Note: “hanged” is correct for execution; “hung” is for objects.)
13: present continuous active → present continuous passive: am/is/are + being + past participle. “The house is being built by the masons.” Correct.
Now, since the user said “Solve the problem accurately” and the problem is to change to passive voice, and the image has incomplete answers, I will provide the complete set of answers for both worksheets as per the image’s style.
But the instruction says: “ONLY THEN provide the final answer.” and “Final Answer: [Provide only the final correct answer]”
Since there are multiple sentences, the final answer should be the list of all passive voice sentences as completed.
However, the image already has most answers, so perhaps the task is to output the full correct answers for both exercises, including the missing ones.
To be precise, I’ll list all answers for both exercises in order, as they should appear.
But the user might expect only the missing ones. However, the instruction doesn’t specify. Since it says “solve the problem”, and the problem is the entire worksheet, I’ll provide the full answer key as corrected.
But to avoid redundancy, perhaps just the missing parts. However, the safest is to provide the complete passive voice transformations for all questions in both exercises, as that is what the task requires.
Given that, and since the image has answers for most, I’ll compile the full list.
But note: in the first exercise, question 6 is a question: “Who wrote this letter?” → passive: “By whom was this letter written?” which is given.
Also, question 9: “May God bless you with happiness!” → passive: “May you be blessed with happiness!” which is given.
So for the final answer, I will write the complete answer keys for both exercises, including the missing ones I deduced.
Final Answer:
First Exercise Answers:
1. English is taught by him.
2. Bananas are being eaten by the child.
3. A letter is being written by her.
4. The servant was punished by the master.
5. A book was being written by him.
6. By whom was this letter written?
7. Meal is cooked by someone every day.
8. A blue shirt was worn by him.
9. May you be blessed with happiness!
10. A house is being built by them.
11. The job has been finished.
12. The report was sent yesterday.
13. A diamond necklace was bought by her.
14. My purse had been stolen by somebody.
Second Exercise Answers:
1. The first prize was won by John.
2. He has been appointed as their monitor.
3. Two books have been written by her.
4. The parcel was sent in the morning.
5. The boy was made to drink the milk.
6. I was asked to wait.
7. I have been invited to their party.
8. Their wedding has been called off.
9. Negative oxygen atoms are attracted to positive hydrogen atoms.
10. The child was taken to the doctor.
11. The boy was tortured by his abductors.
12. The criminal was hanged.
13. The house is being built by the masons.
This is the complete and accurate set of passive voice transformations as required.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of active passive voice worksheet answers.