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Friday, February 15, 2013
ACTIVE & PASSIVE, Feb. 15th, 2013
Use the verb with the base ring in two different sentences. Sentence 1 should be in the active
voice; sentence 2 should reword the sentence to the passive voice.
7 comments:
Yadiriny189
said...
1. Peter gave me a beautiful engagement ring. 2. A beautiful engagement ring was given to me by Peter.
Active: 1. I ring the dinner bell and everyone comes running down with hungry bellies salivating with joy.
Passive: 2. The dinner bell rang and the hoards of hungry orphans came dashing through the halls jumping onto their benches for their daily bland porridge.
JEFFREY:Active sentence good--but I have to mention that bellies don't salivate;-) The other sentence is still in the active voice--it's just the simple past tense;-)
7 comments:
1. Peter gave me a beautiful engagement ring.
2. A beautiful engagement ring was given to me by Peter.
Sarah 177 says...
1) By next month, we will have completed the ring.
2) The ring is being completed.
YADIRINY: You have used "ring" as a noun--it needs to be the verb;-)
SARAH:You have used "ring" as a noun--it needs to be the verb;-)
1. The guests rang the doorbell.
2. The doorbell was rung by them.
YADIRINY: That's better:-)
Active:
1. I ring the dinner bell and everyone comes running down with hungry bellies salivating with joy.
Passive:
2. The dinner bell rang and the hoards of hungry orphans came dashing through the halls jumping onto their benches for their daily bland porridge.
JEFFREY:Active sentence good--but I have to mention that bellies don't salivate;-) The other sentence is still in the active voice--it's just the simple past tense;-)
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