miércoles, 5 de diciembre de 2007

Active and Passive Verbs

1. Change this active sentence to the passive:
A client delayed Joanne when she was leaving the office.
Joanne was delayed by a client when she was leaving the office.
2. Change this active sentence to the passive:
The tennis club was holding a meeting at 6.30.
A meeting was being held by the tennis club at 6.30.
3. Change this passive sentence to active:
The doorway was blocked by Sheba, the dog.
Sheba, the dog, blocked the doorway
4. Change this active sentence to passive:
Joanne had to take Sheba to the vet.
Sheba had to be taken to the vet.
5. Change this active sentence to passive:
Her condition worried the vet.
The vet was worried by her condition.
6. Change this passive sentence to active:
The dog was treated by the vet while Joanne went home
The vet treated the dog while Joanne went home.
7. Change this active sentence to passive:
The vet told Joanne to get out of the house.
Joanne was told to get out of the house.
8. Change this active sentence to passive:
The telephone call confused Joanne.
Joanne was confused by the telephone call.
9. Change this active sentence to passive:
The police captured the burglar.
The burglar was captured by the police.
10. Change this active sentence to passive:
The dog had bitten off his fingers.
His fingers had been bitten off by the dog.

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