Sentences in the simple past tense are formed with the second form of the verb. Change the following sentences into the passive voice. She made a third attempt. The boy asked a difficult question. She wrote an award-winning novel. The terrorists blew up the bridge. The police caught.
Green Level Lesson Twenty-five from passive to active voice This sentence is in the passive voice: The students are helped by the teacher. It sounds better when it changes to the active voice: The teacher helps the students. Why is the active voice preferred over the passive voice?
English teachers regularly advise their students to change a written sentence from the passive voice to the active voice. The reason is that the active voice is more direct. The active voice clearly indicates who or what is performing an action. The passive voice does not always show who or what did something, and sometimes the passive voice is kind of awkward. However, the passive voice, in some situations is unavoidable, or it's a better choice over the active voice. Whatever the case may be, you must learn to convert the passive voice to the active voice, and vice versa.
In this lesson, you'll learn how to convert the passive voice to the active voice. This is a good way of improving your writing and clearing up mistakes that you might be making in your writing and speaking. Here are some examples: passive voice: 1. The floor is swept by the custodian. Both of these sentences are in the present continuous tense.
This is indicated by the verb 'be' (are being / is). When changing the main verb, 'serve,' to the active voice, two things happen:. The verb 'be' becomes singular (is) because the subject (waitress) is singular. Remember, the subject and the verb have to agree. The main verb in the second sentence changes to 'serving' because it's in the present continuous tense.
Now let's practice. Practice: passive voice: 1. The criminals were arrested by the police officer. How did you change the sentence?
Write your answers by hand. Directions: Change each sentence from the passive voice to the active voice. (Answers are below.) 1.
The baby was fed by the mother. The mother. The products are packaged by a machine. A machine. All the pop was drunk by the kids. The kids.
The patient is being examined by the doctor. The doctor. The homework has been completed by the students. The students.
Next: (Answers: Practice: The police officer arrested the criminals. The mother fed the baby; 2. A machine packages the products; 3. The kids drank all the pop; 4.
The doctor is examining the patient; 5. The students have completed the homework.).