Question

Change the verbs from active to passive. Do not change the sentence !
a. That Company has hired Ellen :
b. Mrs.Adams will do the work.:
c. The Doctor was examining the patient :​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ellen has been hired by the company.

The work will be done by Mr.Adams.

The patient was being examined by the doctor.

Answer 2

The passive form of the three sentences is:

a. Ellen has been hired by that company.

b. The work will be done by Mrs. Adams.

c. The patient is being examined by the doctor.

DISCUSSION :

   Passive sentence is a sentence where the subject is given the job by the subject. For example:

Active sentence :

I eat oranges

[I eat an orange]

Passive sentences:

I am eaten by oranges

[I am eaten by an orange]   

We can see in the example above that subject I in the passive sentence receives work by an orange object. In the example sentence, the word am eaten is a passive verb.

The general form of passive verbs in English:

Be + Verb 3

Passive verb Present Perfect Tense: have / has been + Verb 3

Passive verbs Simple Future Tense: will be + Verb 3

Past Continuous Tense passive verbs: was / were being + Verb 3