Activity 1

‘’ Sentence transformations’’

Introduction

In this activity we will be changing the sentences either to the present simple or to
the passive voice with the knowledge received in class and in the last activity. But
first we must know what these concepts mean.

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or
existed before now.

The passive voice is used to show interest in the person or object that experiences
an action rather than the person or object that performs the action.

Now that we know the concepts we proceed to develop the activity.

Change these sentences in the present simple into the past simple:

1. My mother watches the weather news in the morning.

➔ Last week my mom watched the weather news on channel 5.

2. I work at the Weather Channel.

➔ I worked at the Weather Channel.

3. My wife runs a retail store.

➔ My wife ran a retail store.

4. My sister lives in Panama.

➔ My sister lived in Panama.

5. She earns a living by predicting the weather.

➔ She earned a living by predicting the weather.

6. He wants to be a journalist.

➔ He wanted to be a journalist.

7. Anna cooks fish every Sunday.

➔ Anna cooked fish last Sunday.

8. My students study hard to learn English.

➔ My students studied hard to learn English.

9. She writes a children's book once a year.

➔ She wrote a children’s book last year.

10. Do you play any sport?

➔ Did you play any sport?

Change these sentences in the active voice into the passive voice:

1. We made hotdogs for the party.

➔ Hotdogs were made for the party by us.

2. They based the movie on the book.

➔ The movie was based on the book by them.

3. Meteorologists predict the weather.

➔ The weather is predicted by the meteorologists.

4. The committee is presenting the results of the survey at the meeting.

➔ The results of the survey will be presented at the meeting by the

committee.

5. The reporter is interviewing the Carnival Queen.

➔ The Carnival Queen is being interviewed by the reporter.

6. The City Council has selected the city’s mayor.

➔ The city’s mayor has been elected by the City Council.

7. The police caught the thief.

➔ The thief was caught by the police.

8. My sister set our house on fire.

➔ Our house was set on fire by my sister.

9. The weatherman forecast short spells of rainfall.

➔ Short spells of rainfall were forecasted by the weatherman.

10. Many people celebrate the city festival with concerts and parades of giant
figures.

➔ Concerts and parades of giant figures are used to celebrate the city
festival by many people.
 Conclusion

In this activity, we were able to show that, following the given instructions, structures,
and the complete theory about the concepts -simple present, simple past, active
voice, and passive voice- developing this activity wasn't difficult at all.

As we made clear, the simple past is very important because it tells us the actions
that happen in the past. So when we tell others about our life's story we cannot
speak without using this Tense.

Besides that, we comprehend that using the passive voice could help us give a
different focus to sentences without changing their initial meaning.

Now that we are clear about the concepts and their uses, we have all the equipment
to formulate and shape sentences in different ways, and it will be grammatically well
structured and it would have perfect sense.
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