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this chart that shows how to change active sentences into passive
sentences:
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SIMPLE PRESENT and SIMPLE
PASTThe active object becomes the passive
subject, don't forget the verb to be + the past
participle. |
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Active: |
Passive: |
Simple
Present
The movie
fascinates me.
The movie bores
Jack.
The
movie surprises them. |
Simple
Present
I am
fascinated by the movie.
Jack
is bored by the movie.
They are
surprised by the movie. |
Simple
Past
The movie bored
me.
The movie
fascinated Jack.
The movie surprised
them. |
Simple
Past
I
was bored by the movie.
Jack
was fascinated by the movie.
They were
surprised by the
movie. |
Now
it's time to practice! |
| 1. That news article
surprises me. |
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| 2. The story fascinates
Kim. |
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| 3. Mary helped
me. |
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| 4. Jenni opened the
letter. |
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this chart that shows how to change active sentences into passive
sentences:
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PRESENT and PAST CONTINUOUS
(PROGRESSIVE) |
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Active: |
Passive: |
Present
ContinuousI am helping Shannon.
June is helping Su and
Ling. |
Present
ContinuousShannon is being helped by
me.
Su
and Ling are being helped by
June. |
Past
ContinuousI was cleaning the bathroom.
They were cleaning the
bedroom.
Susan was cleaning the kitchen and
patio. |
Past
ContinuousThe bathroom was being cleaned by
me.
The
bedroom was being cleaned by them.
The kitchen and patio
were being cleaned by
her. |
Now
it's time to practice! |
| 5. The people are
discussing politics. |
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| 6. Martin is painting the
house. |
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| 7. Tina was cleaning the
classroom. |
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| 8. Sam was smashing the
aluminum cans. |
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this chart that shows how to change active sentences into passive
sentences:
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PRESENT PERFECT, PAST PERFECT and FUTURE
PERFECT |
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Active: |
Passive: |
Present
Perfect
I have mailed
the gift.
Jack has mailed the
gifts. |
Present
Perfect
The gift has
been mailed by me.
The gifts have been
mailed by Jack. |
Past
PerfectSteven Spielberg had directed the
movie.
Penny Marshall had directed those
movies. |
Past
PerfectThe movie had been directed by
him.
The
movies had been directed by
her. |
Future
PerfectJon will have finished it next month.
They will have
finished it by next week. |
Future
PerfectIt will have been finished by Jon by next
month.
It
will have been finished by them by next
week. |
Now
it's time to practice! |
| 9. Lina has written many
poems. |
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| 10. The children have
played many games. |
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| 11. The family had taken a
vacation. |
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| 12. The rock star had
written that song. |
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| 13. Mack will have
completed the assignment next week. |
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| 14. The students will have
learned the verbs by next week. |
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Study
this chart that shows how to change active sentences into passive
sentences:
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FUTURE TENSES |
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Active: |
Passive: |
Future with
WILL
I will mail the
gift.
Jack will mail the
gifts. |
Future with
WILL
The gift will
be mailed by me.
The gifts will be
mailed by Jack. |
Future with GOING
TO
I am going to
make the cake.
Sue is going to make two
cakes. |
Future with GOING
TO
The cake is
going to be made by me.
Two cakes are
going to be made by
Sue. |
Now
it's time to practice! |
| 15. Elaine will mail the
postcard. |
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| 16. David is going to buy
a new car. |
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