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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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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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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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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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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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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Sri jaya jothi college of education English Section-a Time:1.30 hours Class;ix marks:50 I.a.synonyms; 1.imminent-a.Important B.Immediate c.Imaginary 2.weary - a.Happy B.Sorrow c.tired 3.Glanced -a.looked b. blinked c.pondered 4.Irritated -a.conloused b.annoyed c.scared 5.Notice -a.Ignore b.Read c.spot b.Antonyms: 1.Death -Died b. Birth c. Dead 2.Peace -a.War
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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 make up sentences not only in English‚ but in any other language as well. As human beings‚ we learned how to put sentences together even in
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The Twelve Tenses of English PRESENT (main verb) I study English. He studies English. PAST (past tense of main verb) I studied English. He studied English. FUTURE (will or shall + main verb) I will study English. He will study English. PRESENT PERFECT (have or has + past participle of verb) I have studied English. He has studied English. PAST PERFECT (had + past participle of verb) I had studied English. He had studied English. FUTURE PERFECT (will or shall + have + past
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Politics and the English Language The essay “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell shows that most individuals use the English language improperly. Writers should “get one’s meaning as clear as one can through pictures and sensations” (Orwell‚ 8). Many individuals are aware of the common misusage of the English language today‚ but in general do not believe that they are capable of taking action. If action is taken‚ individuals will be able to understand the language more clearly. Orwell’s
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