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Thursday, June 20, 2013
ACTIVE & PASSIVE, June 20th, 2013
Use the verb with the base form of deal in two different sentences. Sentence 1 should be in the active
voice; sentence 2 should reword the sentence to the passive voice.
7 comments:
The lawn mower is cutting across the grass, deal with it.
I've dealt with the lawn mower cutting across the grass.
Mr. Simpson is dealing with the new cars.
The new cars are being dealt with by Mr. Simpson.
JESSICA:#1--good apart from the punctuation; #2--that's the active voice again--present perfect tense;-)
ILDILKO: Great sentences:-)
The new system deals with a large number of requests per hour.
A large number of requests are dealt with the new system.
HONGXING: Good use of the active and passive, but note that there is a word missing from the passive sentence;-)
should be:
A large number of requests are dealt with by the new system.
HongXing: Correct!
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