This document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and asks to rewrite them in the passive voice. It contains three sections with the same nine sentences repeated. The task is to transform each sentence from the active to the passive voice following the guidelines of standard English grammar.
This document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and asks to rewrite them in the passive voice. It contains three sections with the same nine sentences repeated. The task is to transform each sentence from the active to the passive voice following the guidelines of standard English grammar.
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This document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and asks to rewrite them in the passive voice. It contains three sections with the same nine sentences repeated. The task is to transform each sentence from the active to the passive voice following the guidelines of standard English grammar.
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I write letters on Sundays. ........................................................................
People speak English in Australia. ............................................................... They often ask questions. ........................................................................ (*) You have found it. ........................................................................ (*) The teacher has bought the tickets. ......................................................... Somebody made this table a long time ago. ................................................. My sister broke my pen yesterday. .............................................................. People will forget it in a few years. .............................................................. They usually invite him. ..............................................................................
2. Put the sentences into the passive:
j) k) l) m) n) o) p) q) r)
I write letters on Sundays. ........................................................................
People speak English in Australia. ............................................................... They often ask questions. ........................................................................ (*) You have found it. ........................................................................ (*) The teacher has bought the tickets. ......................................................... Somebody made this table a long time ago. ................................................. My sister broke my pen yesterday. .............................................................. People will forget it in a few years. .............................................................. They usually invite him. ..............................................................................
3. Put the sentences into the passive:
s) I write letters on Sundays. ........................................................................ t) People speak English in Australia. ............................................................... u) They often ask questions. ........................................................................ v) (*) You have found it. ........................................................................ w) (*) The teacher has bought the tickets. ......................................................... x) Somebody made this table a long time ago. ................................................. y) My sister broke my pen yesterday. .............................................................. z) People will forget it in a few years. .............................................................. aa) They usually invite him. ..............................................................................