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Passive Voice

Exercise 35

1.       Somebody calls the president everyday

      The President is called by somebody

2.       John is calling the other members

·                    The members are being called by John

3.       Somebody will call Mr.Watson tonight

·                     Mr. Watson will be called by somebody tonight

4.       The fire has caused considerable damage

·                     The considerable damage has been caused by the fire

5.       The teacher should buy the supplies for this class

·                     The supplies should be bought for this class by the teacher

Exercise 36

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1.       The teacher made Juan leave the room.

2.       Toshiko had her car repaired by a mechanic.

3.       Ellen got marvin typed her paper.

4.       I made Jane call her friend on the telephone.

5.       We got our house painted last week.

6.       Dr. Byrd is having the students write a composition.

7.       The policemen made the suspect lie on the ground.

8.       Mark got his transcript send to the university.

9.       Maria is getting her hair cut tomorror.

10.   We will have to get the dean signed this form.

11.   The teacher let al leave the classroom.

12.   Maria got Ed washed the pippet.

13.   She always has her car to fix by the same mechanic.

14.   Gene got his book published by a subsidy publisher.

15.   We have to help janet to find her key.

Passive Voice

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It's not important or not known, however, who or what

is performing the action.

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

When rewriting active sentence 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.

Example of Passive

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Belsa	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Belsa.
Simple Past	Active:	Belsa	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Belsa.
Present Perfect	Active:	Belsa	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Belsa.
Future I	Active:	Belsa	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Belsa.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Belsa	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Belsa

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Present Progressive	Active:	Belsa	is writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is being written	by Belsa.
Past Progressive	Active:	Belsa	was writing	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was being written	by Belsa.
Past Perfect	Active:	Belsa	had written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	had been written	by Belsa.
Future II	Active:	Belsa	will have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will have been written	by Belsa.
Conditional I	Active:	Belsa	would write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would be written	by Belsa.
Conditional II	Active:	Belsa	would have written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	would have been written	by Belsa.

Passive sentences with Two object

Rewriting an active sentence with two object in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you put the focus on..

	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Belsa	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Belsa.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Belsa.