Center for Writing Excellence‚ Active and Passive Voice Skill-and-Drill Quiz Note: Every time you take the quiz the questions are in a different order and some questions will be different. 1. Which of the following sentences uses the active voice? • The hotel was left by the blackout with 250 pounds of spoiled food. The blackout left the hotel with 250 pounds of spoiled food. 1. Which of the following sentences should be rewritten in the active voice? • The director’s left had was left with
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THE USE OF THE GET-PASSIVE IN AMERICAN SPOKEN DISCOURSE The Use of the GET-PASSIVE in American Spoken Discourse Paulina Rivarola Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto October 2010 1 THE USE OF THE GET-PASSIVE IN AMERICAN SPOKEN DISCOURSE 2 Abstract The present study analyzed the use of get-passive in informal spoken American English. Following Carter and McCarthy (1999‚ p. 46-47) a series of get constructions connected with be passives were considered and exemplified. However
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for changing Active Voice into Passive Voice 1. Only transitive verbs can be changed into passive Voice. 2. Keep the object of the active voice sentence as subject of the passive voice. 3. Use the helping verb (be form) according to the number and person of the passive subject. 4. Use different forms of the verb ‘Be’ – is‚ are‚ am‚ was‚ were‚ been‚ being and past participle of the given verb. 5. Keep the subject of the active voice sentence as an (object) agent in passive sentence using a by-phrase
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1) Active and passive Compare the following sentences: Your little boy broke my kitchen window this morning. My kitchen window was broken by your little boy. In the first sentence‚ the person who did the action (your little boy) is the subject‚ and comes first; then we say what he did (with the verb‚ broke) and what he did to (the object‚ my kitchen window). In the second sentence‚ the opposite happens: we start by talking about my kitchen window (the object of the first the
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Active and Passive Voice Definition: A sentence construction showing simply a subject and what happens to it is called “the passive voice.” It consists of a form of the verb be (be‚ am‚ are‚ is‚ was‚ were‚ will be‚ has been‚ have been‚ etc.) and a participle (often a word ending in “ed”)—The employee was fired‚ the war will be ended‚ the papers are corrected‚ etc. Good writers prefer active voice because it is often more interesting (and informative) to read. Active voice examples: The company
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Active / Passive Verb Forms Sentences can be active or passive. Therefore‚ tenses also have "active forms" and "passive forms." You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English. Active Form In active sentences‚ the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active. Basic form: [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action] Examples: - The professor teaches the students
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in a language is viewed as a method for creating all sentences possible in a language. There are many rules to grammar; for example: • Verbs have to agree with the subjects. • Do not start a sentence with a proposition. • Try to avoid the passive voice. • Avoid abbreviations. Grammar is important because it is the style that makes it possible for our communication with each other. Understand the meaning of words and see the whole picture. Grammar names the types of words and word groups which
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Passive smoking is considered to be the involuntary expose to another person’s cigarette smoke. This smoke exposure has seemed to become very common now to non-smoking people. The form of smoke that forms from the tobacco is very dangers to non-smokers than it is to smokers. For this reason‚ smokers not only put themselves at serious risk for health problems but they also put the people around them at risk for serious health problems. The effects of passive smoking can occur rapidly or it can occur
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Passive smoking means breathing in other people’s tobacco smoke. Exhaled smoke is called exhaled mainstream smoke. The smoke drifting from a lit cigarette is called sidestream smoke. The combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke is called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Second-hand smoke is a common indoor pollutant in the home‚ making passive smoking a serious health risk for both those who smoke and those who do not. Children are particularly at risk of serious
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You may adore it‚ you may despise it well guess what I love: The Voice. Well if you have not heard of it; let me give you some insight into it. It`s a British television talent show based on ‘The Voice Of Holland’ created by the Dutch television producer John De Mol. It began its 11 week run in March 2012. There are four stimulating and appealing judges to judge the voices of the contestants; more over the judges are Danny O’Donoghue who is absolutely good-looking; there’s Jessie J who sings absolutely
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