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    This document discusses passive voice and provides examples of converting sentences from active to passive voice. It also provides prompts to rewrite additional sentences into the passive voice. The key points are: 1) Examples are given to illustrate converting sentences from active to passive voice by changing the subject and adding "by" or other prepositions. 2) Readers are tasked with rewriting additional sentences about environmental issues like air pollution, water contamination, and acid rain into the passive voice. 3) The purpose is to practice identifying and rewriting sentences from active to passive voice structures.

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    This document discusses passive voice and provides examples of converting sentences from active to passive voice. It also provides prompts to rewrite additional sentences into the passive voice. The key points are: 1) Examples are given to illustrate converting sentences from active to passive voice by changing the subject and adding "by" or other prepositions. 2) Readers are tasked with rewriting additional sentences about environmental issues like air pollution, water contamination, and acid rain into the passive voice. 3) The purpose is to practice identifying and rewriting sentences from active to passive voice structures.

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    Grammar 3

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    Ane Carmona
    This document discusses passive voice and provides examples of converting sentences from active to passive voice. It also provides prompts to rewrite additional sentences into the passive voice. The key points are: 1) Examples are given to illustrate converting sentences from active to passive voice by changing the subject and adding "by" or other prepositions. 2) Readers are tasked with rewriting additional sentences about environmental issues like air pollution, water contamination, and acid rain into the passive voice. 3) The purpose is to practice identifying and rewriting sentences from active to passive voice structures.

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    1 PASSIVE VOICE WITH PREPOSITIONS

    Active voice Pasive voice

    I kick the ball The ball is kickedby me

    Fumes from cars and trucks pollute the air. The air is being pollutedthrough fumes from cars and trucks.

    Heavy traffic damages our city streets. Our cities are being damagedas a result of heavy traffic.

    People’s dependence on cars have jammed the roadways The roadways have been jammeddue to people’s
    dependence on cars.

    Overcrowding in the city shelters have displaced the The homeless have been displacedbecause of overcrowding
    homeless. In city shelters.

    VI. Illustrate the following problems. Later, rewrite the passive sentences into the passive ones.

    1. Air pollution is threatening the health of people in urban areas (because of).
    _______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________.

    2. Livestock farms have contaminated soil and underground water. (due to)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________.

    3. The burning gas, oil, and coal has created acid rain. (by)
    ______________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________.

    4. The use of CFCs in products like hair spray has created a hole in the ozone lawyer. ( as a
    result of)
    _______________________________________________________________________
    ________________________________________________________.

    Elaborado por: Lic. Rosario L. de Guevara A. Página 46

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