Question

(A) Rewrite the following sentences in the passive.
Do not use by + agent:
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(a) They invited me to give a talk on
"participative management'.
(b) Bulldozers have knocked down the
buildings.
(c) The Government has given up the project to
build the road.
(d) We shall send our sister a nice Christmas
gift.
(e) Geologists say that the core of the earth is
cooling down.
(B) Rewrite the following sentences choosing the
correct verb in each case from the parentheses: 5
(a) 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (was/were) written
by John Buehan.
(b) Toast and Porridge (is/are) my favourite
hreat fast​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) I was invited by them to give a talk on participative management.

b) The buildings have been knocked down by the bulldozers.

c) The project to build the road has been given up by the government.

d) A nice Christmas gift will be sent to our sister by us.

e) It is said by the geologists that the core of the earth is cooling down.

B.

a) was when the prural noun is a proper name (in the case 'the thirty-nine steps' ) for a singular object or collective unit it requires a singular noun

b) is if two nouns joined by 'and' refer to the same person or thing or suggest one idea to the mind, the verb is singular.