Change the active sentence into passive voice.4) He had passed the test.5) I will be writing a story.
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Answer:
4) HAD HE PASSED THE TEST
5) I WOULD BE WRITTING A STORY
Explanation:
What is the difference between the active voice and the passive voice in English?
Compare these two sentences:
Active = “The doctor gave me a prescription”
Passive = “I was given a prescription”
The first sentence is in the “active voice”. The subject is the doctor, and the verb is “gave”. In active sentences, the focus of the sentence is on the subject.
The second sentence is in the “passive voice”. The object of the sentence (“I”) becomes the focus of the sentence.
How to form a passive sentence
1. Firstly, you need to make the object (from the active sentence) into the new subject.
For example, in “John helped me”, “me” is the object. The subject form of “me” is “I”.
Here is a list of objects and subjects:
me – I
you – You
him / her – He / She
us – We
them – They
2. Then you make the verb passive.
Put the verb “to be” into the same tense as the verb in the active sentence. For example, in the sentence “John helped me”, “helped” is the past tense. Therefore, you need the past simple tense of the verb “to be”, which is “was” or “were”.
“I was…”
Here’s a list of tenses for the verb “to be”:
Present simple – am / are / is
Present continuous – is being / are being
Present perfect – has been / have been
Simple past – was / were
Past continuous – was being / were being
Modals will, can etc – will be, can be etc.
3. Then add the past participle of the verb. For example “gave” – “given”, “help” – “helped”
“I was helped by John.”
“I was given a prescription by the doctor.”
4. If necessary, you can say who did the action. To do this, add “by” at the end of your sentence.
“She was awarded a degree by the University of London.”