CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE (1) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 10. THE PASSIVE

 

10-1 ACTIVE SENTENCES AND PASSIVE SENTENCES   10-2 FORM OF THE PASSIVE EXERCISE 1. Active vs. passive. (Charts 10-1 and 10-2) Directions: Change the active verbs to passive verbs. Write the subject of the passive sentence. 1 SIMPLE PRESENT (a) The teacher helps me. (a) _____ I ___ __ am helped _ by the teacher (b) The teacher helps Jane. (b) ___ Jane ___ __ is helped __ by the teacher (c) The teacher helps us. (c) __________ __________ by the teacher 2 SIMPLE PAST (a) The teacher helped me (a) __________ __________ by the teacher (b) The teacher helped them. (b) __________ __________ by the teacher 3 PRESENT PERFECT (a) The teacher has helped Joe. (a) __________ __________ by the teacher (b) The teacher has helped us. (b) __________ __________ by the teacher 4 FUTURE (a) The teacher will help me. (a) __________ __________ by the teacher (b) The teacher is going to help Tim. (b) __________ __________ by the teacher   EXERCISE 2. Form of the passive. Direction: Change the verbs to the passive. Do not change the tense.       BE PAST PASRTICIPLE   1 Bob mailed the package The package ____was____ ____ mailed ___ by Bob. 2 That company employs many people. Many people _____________ _____________ by that company. 3 That company has hired Sue. Sue _____________ _____________ by that company. 4 The secretary is going to fax  the letters. The letters _____________ _____________ by the secretary 5 A college student bought my old car. My old car _____________ _____________ by a college student. 6 Mrs. Adams will do the work. The work _____________ _____________ by Mrs. Adams. 7 Mr. Fox washed the windows. The windows _____________ _____________ by Mr. Fox.

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EXERCISE 1 EXERCISE 2