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3. We stayed in a hotel.
We stayed in a hotel. (Intransitive verbs) no change
6) Airplane travel is unpredictable. Yesterday Anna's flight was delayed for seven
hours. That's a long time to spend in an airport waiting for your plane to leave.
The passive is used to informed unpredictable event that happen in airport thus caused
the delayed schedule of Annas flight.
7) We can't go to the school play tonight. All the tickets have already been sold.
The passive is used to show that all the tickets for the school play already sold out.
8) "Thailand" means "land of the free." The country of Thailand has never been
ruled by a foreign power.
The passive is used to show that foreign power never rule the country of Thailand.
9) One of the most significant inventions in the history of civilization was the wheel. It
was invented around five thousand years ago. It allowed people to pull things in
carts instead of carrying everything on their backs or in their arms.
The passive forms used to inform the significant invention around five thousand years
ago.
10) The invention of the printing press changed the world because it allowed many
people instead of few to have copies of books. It was invented by Johannes
Gutenberg around 1440. Before that, books were copied by hand. Writing books by
hand was a slow process.
The passive is used with a by-phrase. The focus of attention is on the printing press. The
by-phrase includes important information. The active could also be used "Johannes
Gutenberg invented the printing press around 1440
EXERCISE 10: Active vs. passive.
Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in
parentheses.
b. Our morning paper (read) is read by over 200,000 people every day.
h. When I (arrive) arrived at the airport yesterday, I (meet) was met .by my cousin and a
couple of her friends.
i. Yesterday I (hear) heard about Margaret's divorce. I (surprise) was suprised by the
news. Janice (shock) was shocked.
k. Roberto (write) wrote this composition last week. That one (write) was written by
Abdullah.
m. At the soccer game yesterday, the winning goal (kick) was kicked by Luigi. Over
100,000 people (attend) attended the soccer game.
t. The Eiffel Tower (be) was in Paris, France. It (visit) was visited by millions of people
every year. It (design) was designed by Alexandre Eiffel (1832-1923). It (erect) was
erected in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it (be) was the most famous
landmark in Paris. Today it (recognize) is recognized by people throughout the world.
EXERCISE 11: Active vs Passive
Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
Almost everyone (enjoy) enjoys visiting a zoo. Today zoos are common. The first zoo (establish)
around 3500 years ago by an Egyptian Queen for her personal enjoyment. Five hundred years
later, a Chinese emperor (establish) a huge zoo to show his power and wealth. Later zoos
(establish) for the purpose of studying animals. Some of early European zoos were dark holes
and dirty cages. At that time, people (disgust) by the bad conditions and mistreatment of the
animals. Later, these early zoos (replace) by scientific institutions where animal (study) and
(keep) in good condition. These research centers (become) the first modern zoos.
At early the 1940s, scientist (understand) that many kinds of wild animals face extinction. Since
that time, zoos (try) to save many endangered species, but relying on zoos to save a species such
as rhinoceros is not enough. In 1980s, the number of rhinos in the world (reduce) from 10.000 to
400. Many rhinos (kill) by poachers, but many also (die) in captivity. Zoo breeding programs in
rhinos have not been successful. The best method of conservation (be) to leave them in their
natural habitat. By 1999s, there (be) more than 13.000 rhinos again living in the wild. These
rhinos (save) from extinction by the strong conservation methods of local communities,
government agencies and private landowners. Wild life biologist