Exercises from Murphy

44.1
1) They didn’t give me the information I needed.
I wasn’t given the information I needed.
2) They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.
I was asked some difficult questions at the interview.
3) Amy’s colleagues gave her a present when she retired.
Amy was given a present when she retired.
4) Nobody told me about the meeting.
I wasn’t told about the meeting.
5) How much will they pay you for your work?
How much you will be paid for your work?
6) I think they should have offered Tom the job.
I think Tom should have been offered the job.
7) Has anybody shown you what to do?
44.2
2) We went to the party without being invited.
3) I like giving presents and I also like being given them.
4) it’s a busy roadand I don’t like crossing it. I’m afraid of being knocked down.
5) I’m an adult. I don’t like being treated like child.
6) You can’t do anything about being stuck in a traffic jam.
44.3
1) Walt Disney was born in 1901.
3) Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare were born in 1564.
4) Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869.
5) Michael Jackson was born in 1958.
7) Elvis Presley was born in 1935.
8) Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452.
44.4
1) There was a fight at the party, but nobody got hurt.
2) Alex got stung by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.
3) These tennis courts don’t get used very often. Not many people want to play.
4) I to have a bicycle, but it got stole a few months ago.
5) Rachel works hard but doesn’t get paid very much.
6) Last night I got stopped by police as I was driving home. One of the lights of my car wasn’t working.
7) Please pack these things very carefully. I don’t want them to get damaged.
8) People often want to know what my job is. I get asked that question a lot.

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