Rewrite the sentences in the passive ​

1. To read books is useful. 2. He was the last to join the company. 3. She left her hometown to never return there again. 4. This issue is too complex to be resolved without further consultation. 5. Our goal is to learn English. 6. I'm glad to have been told that story. 7. To receive this grant, it was necessary to make an application. 8. The lecture to be hear by this delegation will take place in the main hall. 9. In order to understand the message, it is necessary to decode it. 10. They create new technologies in order to be competitive. 11. I remembered to have already met this word in a magazine. 12. He did not even show up to meet his colleagues. 13. I want to be introduced to this actor. 14. I'm sorry to have missed this interesting lecture. 15. They did not expect to be stopped.

This text about the king who thought that he can draw very well but painted very badly. The people he showed his paintings were afraid to tell him the truth. They all said that they love his paintings very much. But one day the king showed his pictures to the great artist who lived in his country. He wanted to know what the artist thinks about his paintings. But the artist seeing the pictures said that they are bad. The king was very angry and planted the artist in jail. But the idea that his pictures were bad did not give the king of peace. And he conceived a cunning plan. King decided to bribe the artist. After two years he released the artist from prison and invited him to a vow. After dinner, the king again showed the artist his pictures and asked whether his pictures like criticism now. The king hoped that dinner for which he invited the artist as that will affect the response of the critic but the artist was an honest man. Therefore, without saying anything, he asked a soldier who was standing near him to bring him back to prison