Hi!
 
I have some problems with a few sentences to pass them to passive
voice.
 
I'll write the original sentences, and bellow each of it, the way I did
them,
so you can correct me:
 
1. Someone taught him French and gave him a dictionary.
He was taught French and was given a dictionary.
 
(Here I don't know if the second "was" can be omited)
 
2. They will ask us all several questions
We will all be asked several questions.
 
(Here I don't know where I should put "all")
 
3. You must work for success.
Success must be worked for.
 
4. Nobody has made any mistakes.
No mistakes have been made.
 
5. What ought we to do about it?
What ought to be done about this?
 
6. People should make lessons more interesting for children.
Lessons should be made more interesting for children.
 
(Here I don't know if "more interested" should be before "made")
 
7. Has someone mended that chair yet?
Has that chair been mended yet?
 
8. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that before.
I have never been spoken like that before.
 
(Here I don't know if it's correct to put never (I mean, to convert
"nobody"+"ever" in "never))
 
9. I'd like someone to read to me. (Passive Infinitive)
I'd like to be read.
 
(Should this sentence be finished with "to"?)
 
10. No one has drunk out of this glass.
This glass has not been drunk out.
 
(Should this sentence be finished with "of"?)
 
11. I hate people looking at me.
I hate being looked at.
 
(Is it correct to finish this sentence with "at"?)
 
12. Do you intend us to take your remark seriously?
Is your remark intended to be taken seriously?
Are we intended to take your remark seriously?
 
(Which of the two sentences is the correct one?)
(And, should "seriously" in the first sentence be put before "taken"?)
 
13. Didn't anybody ever teach you how to behave?
Weren't you ever taught how to behave?
 
14 Let me know if there's anything we should do.
 
(I don't know how to do it)
 
15. You must account for every penny.
Every penny must be accounted for.
 
(Should "for" be omited?)
 
16. They tell me somebody has shot your uncle. (2 passives)
I am told your uncle has been shot.
 
17. His grandmother brought him up, and he got his education in
Paris. (2 passives)
He was brought up, and was educated in Paris.
 
(It sounds me strange. And... Should the second "was" be omited?)
 
18. They must have given you the paper (that) they meant for the
advanced
candidates. (2 passives)
You must have been given the paper that was meant for the advanced
candidates.
 
19. Nobody would have stared at him if they had told him beforehand what
clothes one had to wear in such a place. (3 passives)
He wouldn't have been stared at if he had been told beforehand what
clothes
had to be worn in such a place.
 
(Should the first "at" be omited?)
 
20. Ladies usually go to a tea-party more to speak to other people than
for
other people to speak to them.
Ladies usually go to a tea-party more to speak to other people than to
be
spoken to.
 
(Should the last "to" be omited?)
 
21. At the cocktail party people took no notice of the famous
professor, but
they made a fuss of his lovely young wife from the moment someone
introduced
her to the guests. (3 passives)
 
At the cocktail party, the famous professor was taken no notice, his
lovely
young wife was made a fuss from the moment she was introduced to the
guests.
 
(This one sounds me rather strange..)
 
22. People ought to tell us how much they expect of us. (2 passives)
We ought to be told how much we are expected of.
 
(Should the last "of" be omited?)
 
23. People no longer say that anyone inhabits Mars any more than the
Moon. (3 passives)
Mars is no longer said to be inhabited any more than the Moon is.
 
(It sounds me strange. I think I did it badly.)
 
24. There's a new block of flats they are building down the road;
perhaps
you'd like someone to introduce you to the landlord. (2 passives)
There's a new block of flats that is being built down the road; perhaps
you'd like to be introduced to the landlord.
 
And I have a question:
Do adverbs of manner that modify the verb have always to be put
before the verb they modify in the passive voice?
 
For example, my books gives this example:
 
ACTIVE: They will look after you well.
PASSIVE: You will be well looked after.
 
Well, note the position "well" has taken...
I wonder if such an adverb should always be put in that position.
And I wonder what other adverbs should take that position...
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Fernando Ariel Gont
 
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