Saturday, February 6, 2010

ACTIVE PASSIVE

Change the verbs in the following sentences from active to passive voice:
Example 1: (Active Voice): Mario leaves the school bag.-(verb is in the present tense)
(Passive Voice): The school bag is left by Mario. – (“is” because school bag is singular)

Example2: (Active): Selya reported the incident. –(reported is past tense)
(Pasive): The incident was reported by Selya.-(“was” because Selya is singular and reported is
past tense)
1. Ms. A narrated the story.
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2. The painter changes the color of our wall.
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3. We lighted candles during brownout.
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4. The nurse guides the old man.
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5. The clerk issued my transcript of records.
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6. The athlete hit the ball.
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7. The dog chases the cat.
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8. The children drove the chickens.
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9. Santino opened his gifts.
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10. Everybody expects respect.
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11. Someone waited for me.
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12. We saw the racing motorcycles.
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13. The campers heard a very soft music.
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14. Rev. Anthony gave a sermon.
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15. Dona Anita is reading a horror story.
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