Advanced Topic: Finished the standard passive? ← Back to Standard Passive Voice (Sentences 16-30)
Exercise: The Causative Passive (Crime & Punishment)
Rewrite the sentences using the causative structure: Subject + have/get + object + past participle. Use the verb in brackets.
1. The judge made the burglar return the jewelry to the citizen.
(HAD)
The judge
Answer: had the jewelry returned
2. Amazingly, the lawyer managed to make the jury acquit the internet pirate of all charges.
(GOT)
Amazingly, the lawyer of all charges.
Answer: got the internet pirate acquitted
3. Worryingly, the authorities need to arrange for a team to remove the vandalism from the former school.
(HAVE)
Worryingly, the authorities need to from the former school.
Answer: have the vandalism removed
4. The police made the drink-driver take a breathalyzer test at an hourly rate.
(HAD)
The police at an hourly rate.
Answer: had a breathalyzer test taken
5. Contrary to popular belief, the state arranged for the drug trafficker to be sentenced to life imprisonment.
(GOT)
Contrary to popular belief, the state to life imprisonment.
Answer: got the drug trafficker sentenced
6. The victim of identity fraud requested that the bank freeze her accounts on her own.
(HAD)
The victim on her own.
Answer: had her accounts frozen
7. The school board made the vandal own up to the damage by doing community service.
(GOT)
The school board by doing community service.
Answer: got the damage owned up to
8. Interestingly, the identity fraudster arranged for a fake passport to be made up to work within the law.
(HAD)
Interestingly, the identity fraudster to work within the law.
Answer: had a fake passport made up
9. The court made the shoplifter apologize for the theft to the shop owner.
(GOT)
The court to the shop owner.
Answer: got an apology made (for the theft)
10. Luckily, the citizen arranged for a security firm to back up his home alarm system.
(HAD)
Luckily, the citizen .
Answer: had his home alarm system backed up
11. The council needs to arrange for the drug trafficking ring to be kicked out of the neighborhood.
(GET)
The council needs to of the neighborhood.
Answer: get the drug trafficking ring kicked out
12. Understandably, the victim of the mugging arranged for a doctor to break the bad news to his family.
(HAD)
Understandably, the victim to his family.
Answer: had the bad news broken
13. The authorities arranged for the internet piracy website to be blocked while it was freely available.
(GOT)
The authorities while it was freely available.
Answer: got the internet piracy website blocked
14. The judge made the mugger order to pay a fine instead of a prison sentence.
(HAD)
The judge instead of a prison sentence.
Answer: had a fine paid
15. The teenager’s parents arranged for him to be punished after he tried to show off by shoplifting.
(GOT)
The teenager’s parents after he tried to show off by shoplifting.
Answer: got him punished
Finished the first 15 sentences?
Continue to Part 2: Sentences 16–30 →