Exercise 4. rewrite the following text using passive instead of active. someone broke into a local jewellery shop yesterday. the owner had just locked up the shop when a robber with a gun threatened him. the robber told him all the diamonds in the safe. the robber tied him up. the police have organized a search for the robber. they hope they will find him in a few days. doctors are treating the owner of the shop for shock.
Yesterday a local jewellery shop was broken into. It had been just locked when the owner was threatened by a robber with a gun. He was told to unlock the shop and give all the diamonds in the safe to the robber. The owner was tied up. A search was organized by the police. The robber will be found in a few days. The owner of the shop is being treated for shock.