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Active or Passive

The document explains the concept of passive and active voice in sentence structure. An active sentence has the subject performing the action, while a passive sentence has the subject experiencing the action. It provides examples and exercises to illustrate the use of both forms.

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Active or Passive

The document explains the concept of passive and active voice in sentence structure. An active sentence has the subject performing the action, while a passive sentence has the subject experiencing the action. It provides examples and exercises to illustrate the use of both forms.

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The passive is a way of An active verb or sentence

structuring a sentence so is one in which the subject


that the grammatical is the person or thing
subject is the person or which performs the stated
thing which experiences action:
the effect of an action,
rather than the person or The dog chased the cat.
thing which causes the The builders will build the
effect: house shortly.
Jane Austen wrote this
The cat was chased by the book.
dog.
Where ___________________________ (bread/bake)They
? have eaten the cake.
I’ve just heard that Bob ___________________ (sell) his car last month.
The house will be built
The police __________________ (stop) him because he was driving too fast.
shortly.
____________________________ (that jacket/wear) recently?
This book was written (buy)
Mary and David _______________ by their house in 2006.
The company _________________ (create) by two brothers in the early 80s.
Jane Austen.
Can I have details of your laptop which _______________ (advertise) in your
The cake has been eaten.
latest catalogue, please?
My mother(no________________________
agent) (clean) the windows very often.
I ______________________ (repair) the car, you can use it now.
The last meeting __________________ (delay) because of the bad weather.
The invoices ____________________ (just check), so you can send them now.
People ___________________ (not/smoke) so much these days.
Who ___________________ (invent) the telephone?
She __________________ (go) to Brussels last week for a meeting.
A lot of damage ____________________ (cause) by the storm last month.
Two men ___________________ (arrest) last night. They are in prison now.
Our products ___________________ (sell) all over the world.
They _______________________ (bake) the bread every morning.
She ______________________ (wear) a beautiful green dress when I saw her.
Normally the streets ____________________ (clean) every day.
Smoking ________________________ (prohibited) in all bars in France.
The car ____________(repair) at the moment, but it should be ready tomorrow.

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