Samenvatting PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE SENTENCES


Sentences can be active or passive. What is the difference?
Ian sells computers.  Computers are sold (by Ian).
Active: subject ............ the action.  Passive: subject ................................
the action.


PASSIVE SENTENCES



1. - In this hotel, they clean the rooms every day.
- In this hotel, the rooms are cleaned by them every day.
- Someone stole my bike last night.
- My bike was stolen by someone last night.
2. - The government will lower the taxes.
- The taxes will be lowered by the government.
3. - We need to fire 5,000 people.
- Five thousand people will need to be fired by us.
4. - Cats kill mice.
- Mice are killed by cats.


USE
1. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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2. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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3. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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4. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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FORM
They built the hotel in 1987.  The hotel was built in 1987 by them.


Rules:
1. The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive one.
subject object
active: The police arrest the thief.
passive: The thief is arrested (by the police).

, NOTE: do not forget to check whether the subject has switched from singular to
plural (or vice versa)  adapt verb!