Rephrasing Exercise – Passive & Causative Structures
Rewrite the following sentences using the words in parentheses so the meaning stays the same.
1. The city council is building more affordable houses.
→ More affordable houses ___________________________________. (Passive)
2. People say that immigration has improved cultural diversity.
→ Immigration ___________________________________. (Impersonal passive)
3. The mayor asked an architect to redesign the entire neighborhood.
→ The mayor ___________________________________. (Causative)
4. Someone cleans the public parks every morning.
→ The public parks ___________________________________. (Passive)
5. It is believed that the government will invest more in public housing.
→ The government ___________________________________. (Personal passive)
6. They hired a team to renovate the abandoned building.
→ They ___________________________________. (Causative)
7. People think that crime rates have decreased in the suburbs.
→ It ___________________________________. (Impersonal passive)
8. They painted all the buildings in the community last month.
→ All the buildings ___________________________________. (Passive)
9. A local charity gave food to many immigrant families.
→ Food ___________________________________. (Passive)
10. The tenants paid a plumber to fix the broken pipes.
→ The tenants ___________________________________. (Causative)