COMPARING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PARTICIPLES

Active and passive voice worksheetComplete the following sentences using an appropriate active or passive verb form.1. They ……………………. of the function.a) have informedb) have been informed2. The teacher ………………….. the boy for creating trouble in the class.a) repriman[r]

Active and passive voice worksheetSentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive voice.1. I have finished the job.2. They built this house in 1990.3. He has bought a new car.4. I wrote a letter.5. They sent the parcel on Monday.6. The police[r]

Active and passive voice worksheetSentences are given in the active voice. Change them into the passive.1. John won the first prize.2. They have appointed them as their monitor.3. She has written two books.4. I sent the parcel in the morning.5. They made the boy dr[r]

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Present and past participlesWhen –ing forms are used to make continuous tense forms, they are called present participles. Note thatpresent participles are often confused with gerunds. Although both gerunds and present participles look alike,they have totally differ[r]

When to use the passive voiceVerbs can be active or passive. In the active voice, the subject is the doer. In the passive voice, the subject is theperson or thing affected by the action of some other agent.The government approved the policy. (Active)The poli[r]

13. Lan’s parents have to clean up their house before Tet holidays.14. The principal might interview her.15. They must keep fruit in the fridge for long.KEYSEXERCISES (PASSIVE VOICE)I/ Change these sentences into the passive voice1. The bank near our house has been robbed.2. I was told[r]

Active: The Smiths own that house.Passive: That house is owned by the Smiths.Active: Mrs Smith planted the flowers.Passive: The flowers were planted by Mrs Smith.Active: Sarah feeds the cat.Passive: The cat is fed by Sarah.Active: A child drew that pi[r]

Gerund and present participleThe gerund and the present participle have identical forms. They are both formed from verbs and end in –ing.However, they have different uses. A gerund functions like a noun. It can do everything that a noun does. Aparticiple, on the other hand, func[r]

ACTIVE TO PASSIVEFOUR TENSES: Present Simple, Present Perfect Simple, Past Simple, Future Simple1. They subtitle a lot of foreign films.…………………………………………………………………………..2. Someone threw the letters away by mistake.…………………………………………………………………………..3. Visconti directed Death in Venice.………………………………………[r]

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We add the auxiliary “to be” – “is/are” when the mainverb of the active is present, and “was/were” when itis past.In negative or interrogative sentences the auxiliary“to do” is replaced by “to be”:- do(n’t) / does(n’t) become is(n’t) / are(n’t);- did(n’t) becomes was(n’t) or were(n’t).[r]

Chapter IIIhighlight verbs in Past PerfectThe ghost did not appear for the rest of the week. The only strange thing that happened was the blood-stain, whichthey found on the library-floor every morning. It was also quite strange that the colour of the stain changed fromtime to time. Some mornings it[r]

Active voice or passive voiceComplete the following sentences using the active or passive form of the verb.1. English ………………… all over the world.a) speaksb) has spokenc) is spoken2. The program …………………. by millions of people.a) watchesb) has watchedc) was watched3. The th[r]

1. Gerunds:
1.1 Denifition:
A gerund is a non finite clause whose verb form is Ving ; it functions in the range of NPs.
Traditional Grammar called it a “verblike noun”.
Some grammarians call –ING constructions of this type gerunds. However this term is problematic. According to T.McArthur (ed). 1992[r]

Changing imperative sentences into the passiveAn imperative sentence does not normally have a subject. It is used to express a command or request.Please bring me a glass of open.Open the door.The imperative sentence in the passive voice takes the following form:Let + object + be + past partic[r]

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_Passive_ More About Active / Passive Forms EXERCISES AND RELATED TOPICS Verb Tense Exercise 3 Simple Past and Past Continuous Verb Tense Exercise 4 Simple Past and Past Continuous Verb [r]