​The passive voice is used to place focus on the object rather than the subject. In other words, who does something is less important than what was done to something (focusing on the person or thing affected by an action). Generally speaking, the passive voice is used less frequently than the active voice.

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1. ​Our house ______________ (paint) brown and black last week.

2. The project ______________ (complete) next week by our outstanding marketing department. 

3. The plans for the new contract __________________ (draw up) right now. 

4. More than 30,000 new computers _________________ (manufacture) every day at our plant in China. 

5. The children ________________ (teach) by Ms Anderson since last year.

6. The piece ________________ (write) by Mozart when he was only six years old.

7. My hair ______________ (cut) by Julie every month.

8. The portrait _______________ (paint) by a famous painter, but I'm not sure when. 

9. The cruise ship ______________ (christen) by Queen Elizabeth in 1987.

10. My paper ______________ (deliver) every morning by a teenager on his bike.