Question

Q4 (b). Change the following sentences from active to passive voice. 1. The company requires staff to watch a safety video every year. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.

Answer 1

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1. The company requires staff to watch a safety video every year.

Every year, staff is required by the company to watch a safety video.

2. The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.

Every night, the office is dusted and vacuumed by the cleaning crew.

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⟹ In active voice the format is like :

Subject - Verb - Object.

When a sentence is turned to passive voice the formal will be like :

⟹ Object - Verb - Subject.

We observe that the place of the object and the subject is interchanged in the above format when a sentence is turned to passive voice.

Note : Verb should be changed to 3rd form.

Answer 2

1. The company requires staff to watch a safety video every year.

• Every year, staff is required by the company to watch a safety video.

2. The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.

• Every night, the office is dusted and vacuumed by the cleaning crew.