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    The document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and their equivalent passive voice transformations. It demonstrates how to change sentences from the active to the passive voice by modifying the subject and verb. For each active sentence, it generates two new passive sentences by beginning them with "It is" or changing the original subject to the object.

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    The document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and their equivalent passive voice transformations. It demonstrates how to change sentences from the active to the passive voice by modifying the subject and verb. For each active sentence, it generates two new passive sentences by beginning them with "It is" or changing the original subject to the object.

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    The document provides examples of sentences in the active voice and their equivalent passive voice transformations. It demonstrates how to change sentences from the active to the passive voice by modifying the subject and verb. For each active sentence, it generates two new passive sentences by beginning them with "It is" or changing the original subject to the object.

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    Read each sentence.

    Then make two new sentences in the PASSIVE:

    1. People say Tom Cruise is the richest movie star.


    a) It is said that Tom Cruise is the richest movie star.

    b) Tom Cruise is said to be the richest movie star.

    Everybody thinks that Salah is a good football player.


    a) It .................................................................................. .
    b) Salah ............................................................................ .

    They say that his books are still popular.


    a) It .................................................................................... .
    b) His books .......................................................................... .

    They report that at least 10.000 dolphins are caught in the nets of tuna fishers every
    year.
    a) It ..................................................................................... .
    b) At least 10.000 dolphins .......................................................... .

    They estimate that 1500 square kilometres of rainforests is cut every year.
    a) It ....................................................................................... .
    b) 1500 square kilometres of rainforests ............................................. .

    We knew that pencil lead is made from graphite, clay, water, and wax.
    a) It ......................................................................................... .
    b) Pencil lead .............................................................................. .

    They reported that the railway line was buried under tons of rock and earth.
    a) It .......................................................................................... .
    b) The railway line ........................................................................ .

    People don’t think that inflation will go down.


    a) It ............................................................................................ .
    b) Inflation ................................................................................... .

    People expect that the third bridge will be built over the Bosporus Strait.
    a) It .......................................................................................... .
    b) The third bridge .......................................................................... .

    People believe that he is living abroad.


    a) It ........................................................................................... .
    b) He .......................................................................................... .

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