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Passive Voice - Learning English - Grammar Exercises

Passive Voice - Learning English - Grammar Exercises

Learn English - Passive Voice Exercises on Passive Use of Passive Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action. Example: My bike was stolen. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows: Example: A mistake was made. In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. Form of Passive Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd column of irregular verbs) Example: A letter was written. When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following: the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle) the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped) Examples of Passive Level: lower intermediate Personal and Impersonal Passive

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Modal Verb Tutorial Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. Englishpage.com has created one of the most in-depth modal tutorials in print or online. Study the modal explanations and complete the associated exercises and take another step toward English fluency. If you want to use the Modal Verb Tutorial as a reference only and do not want to complete the tutorial Click Here . The tutorial should be completed as follows: 1. 2. What are Modal Verbs? Modal verbs are special verbs which behave very differently from normal verbs. 1. Examples: He can speak Chinese. 2. He should not be late. 3. He will can go with us. Common Modal Verbs For the purposes of this tutorial, we have included some expressions which are not modal verbs including had better, have to, and have got to. Your personal online English school.

Active Voice to Passive Voice Quiz Put the following sentences into the passive voice or form. The passive voice expresses what is / was / will be done to something rather than what someone does / did / will do. Once you have decided on your answer, click on the arrow to see if you have answered correctly. Quiz Hint Change the active form to the passive form by moving the object of the verb into the position of the subject. People buy apples at that store. -> Apples are bought at that store. It's as easy at that! Active to Passive Quiz Passive Voice Usage Explanation and Transformation Chart Passive to Active Transformation

Little Bird Tales - Home Passive forms We use the passive, rather than the active, to show that we are more interested in a certain part of the sentence. The passive is usually formed by the verb to be + past participle. Can you give me some examples of the active and passive? Yes, of course. My room is being cleaned. 'My room' is the main focus of the sentence. OK, that makes sense. We also use the passive when we don’t know who did something, or when it isn’t important. It’s the biggest outdoor elevator in the world, so I’ve been informed. It doesn’t matter who told me. I think loads of films have been made there. The important thing is the films, not the film-makers. Can you use a passive and also say who did the action? Yes. Avatar was made by James Cameron. No, not necessarily. I hope to find everything clean and tidy … you’ve been warned! But we often avoid the passive in very informal spoken language, for example, by using they. They based the scenery in Avatar on the landscape here. Yes, very good! Phew, OK. Ah, OK, we’ll stop.

Debate Forum | Online Debate Community | CreateDebate dog :: Lexipedia dog n. informal term for a man; "you lucky dog" n. a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night" frump, dog n. a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog" pawl, detent, click, dog n. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris There are no items for this category follow v. to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" evict, force out v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" oust v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter" drive herd

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