Read each sentence. Then make new sentences in the PASSIVE:
1-People expect that taxes will be reduced soon
A) Taxes ………………………………………………………. .
2-People say that the monument is over 2000 years old.
B) The monument ………………………………………………….. .
3-People expect that the president will resign.
C) The president ……………………………………………………. .
4- People think the fire started at about 8 o’clock.
D) The fire …………………………………………………………… .
5- Journalists reported that seven people had been injured in the fire.
E) Seven people …………………………………………………….. .
6- People say the bridge is unsafe.
F) The bridge
Answers
1) Taxes will be reduced soon is expected by the people.
2) The monument is over 2000 years old ,said by the people.
3) The President will resign is expected by the people.
4) The fire started at 8 'o' clock ,was thought by people.
5) Seven people had been ingured in the firs, reported by Journalists.
6) The bridge is unsafe, said by the people.
ACTIVE VOICE || PASSIVE VOICE
▪He loves me. ▪ I am loved by him.
▪They are cheering ▪ The king is being cheered by
the king. them.
STEP 1: The object of the active verb is put in the subject position. The objects of the sentences in the active voice are made the subject of the sentences in the passive voice. Only Transitive Verbs can be used in changing Active voice into Passive voice.
STEP 2: The passive form of the verb is to be supplied. Am loved, is being cheered,replace loves, are cheering .
STEP 3: The number of the verb is changed according to the number & person of the subject. In the first sentence in Active voice loves agreed with he; but in Passive Voice I becomes the subject & the verb is changed to am loved to agree with the subject.
STEP 4: The subject of the verb in active voice is made the object of the verb in passive voice & is introduced with the preposition by or with some other suitable preposition.
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