UNIVERSIDAD DEL ISTMO

ENGLISH IV
MODULE II

ACTIVITY Nº2
“SENTENCE TRANSFORMATIONS”

STUDENTS:
ROGER BARRÍA – 8-914-1873
KEVIN QUINTERO – 8-870-1006
CONSUELO PARRA – P19232785

PROFESSOR SHAUNETTE BAILEY

DATE: JANUARY 20, 2023

 INTRODUCTION

The past simple indicates past events that have already happened. It differs from the past
continuous, which refers to past events that are ongoing. The latter emphasizes that the action
occurred over a period of time. In addition, the past simple indicates feelings such as nostalgia
or happiness regarding a past experience. Writing in the active voice makes the statements
more active, direct and strong. This is because statements written in the past simple of the
verb to be use an adjective, noun or prepositional phrase. In a passive sentence, the verb
describes an action performed by another person; the subject is someone or something that
performs the action of the verb.

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 PRESENT SIMPLE SENTENCES INTO PAST SIMPLE SENTENCES

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

 My mother watched the weather news in the morning.

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 every Sunday.

8) My students study hard to learn English.

 My students studied hard to learn English.

9) She writes a children book once a year.

 She wrote a children book once a year.

10) Do you play any sport?

 Did you play any sport?
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 ACTIVE VOICE SENTENCES INTO PASIVE VOICE SENTENCES

1) We made hotdogs for the party.

 Hotdogs were made for the party.

2) They based the movie on the book.

 The movie was based on a book.

3) Meteorologists predict the weather.

 The weather is predicted by meteorologists.

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

 The results of the survey are being presented by the committee at the meeting.

5) The reporter is interviewing the carnival queen.

 Carnival queen is being interviewed by the reporter.

6) The city council has selected the city’s mayor.

 The city's mayor was selected 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.

 The house was set on fire by my sister.

9) The weatherman forecast short spells of rainfall.

 The short spells of rain were forecast by the weatherman.

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

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  The city festival is celebrated by many people with concerts and parades of giant
figures.
CONCLUSION

The past simple refers to past events that have already happened. Like the present perfect or
past continuous, the simple past emphasizes that the action has ended. A tense indicates
time, and voice indicates whether the subject of a clause performs or receives the action of the
verb. By removing the word "I" from a passive sentence, one reveals the subject as the
grammatical entity upon which the verb acts. Thus, the ball in the previous line becomes the
subject by receiving the action.

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