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Make an active and a passive sentence for the following words:     (The word in brackets are required for the construction of one of the sentences.)

1 ) The trees / plant / the gardener (by)
 
Active answer:
Passive answer:

2)The man /  the police / arrest (by)
 
Active answer:
Passive answer:

3) Give / to the charity / a donation / the mayor (by)

Active answer:
Passive answer:
 
4) Save / his life / the ambalance crew (by)
 
Active answer:
Passive answer:
 
 
5) The statue / errect  / the village (in)
 
Active answer:
Passive answer:
 
 
 
 
Change these active sentences into passive ones:

1) The British team won five medals.

 
2) Today Hiton Prison released Fifty-two foreign prisoners .
 
 
 
3) Tim Button created this cartoon character.
 

4) Someone took my keys to the police station.

 
5) Millions of people world-wide bought her cookbook .
 
 
 
 
Fill in the missing words:
 
Today 500 redundancies  announce by Stolkley's Starway Shipping company. A company spokesman  warn that a complete closure might have to be considered if new contracts  find (negative) quickly. 
 
The Starway Shipping company  found in 1962 by Charles Cross. Six months after its creation,Cross  force to triple the number of employees in order to satisfy the area's export needs and a year later a hundred houses build in the town to accommodate  the company's growing workforce.
 
This evening the company's employees  shock by the news, one  say " We knew the company had lost certain contracts, but we didn't think it would come to this,this is devastating news for the town."