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Exercise I

1.      The professor is looked up to.

2.      The stolen diamonds are being looked for.

3.      The instruments are looked at every day.

4.      The students who are failing will be spoken to.

5.      He was made a fool of in the public debate.

6.      Our beautiful seacoast can be boasted about.

7.      Next, I was called on.

8.      That joke has been laughed at for many years.

9.      The problem must be looked into.

10.  Lost children will be cared for.

11.  Dozens of people have been taken in with that trick.

12.  A five-legged spider has never been heard of.

13.  How recently has the expedition been heard from?

14.  That chair has not been sat in for a long time.

Exercise II

1.      is agreed

2.      was felt

3.      is decided             

4.      is now felt

5.      hasn’t been fixed yet

Exercise III

1.      These windows get cleaned every Saturday.

2.      He did it, but I got blamed for it.

3.      Every time it snows, the road gets blocked.

4.      Someone flowers got sent to the wrong house.

5.      There are a lot of mistakes in the letter. I think it got typed in a hurry.

6.      The artist died suddenly, so the picture has never got finished.

7.      A single copy of the book didn’t get sold.

8.      I went to the party, but I didn’t get introduced to the host.

9.      The children were naughty, so they got sent to bed without their supper.

Exercise IV

1.      is still not know

2.      is said

3.      is believed

4.      is expected

5.     is said                           

6.     is not know yet                          

7.     is expected                      

8.     is considered

9.     to be told

10.   to be taken

11.   to be disturbed

12.   to be turned away

13.   to be admitted