Fundamentals Of English Grammar

I sucpLe PReSBNT I Farmers grow corn. r Corn is grown by farmers. I

BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

Corn is grown by farmers.

Sara was w+ed by the news.

(c) The report will be written by Mary.

SIMPLE PAST The news suwrissd Sara. Sara was surprised by the news. I

Form of all passive verbs:

be + past panin'ple

Be can be in any of its forms: am, is, are, was, were,

has been, have been, will be, etc.

PRESENT PERFECT Jack has mailed the letter. , The letter has been mailed by Jack.

ACTTVE PASSIVE

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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 ow helped by the teacher.

FUTURE

(b) The teacher helps Jane.

Mr. Lee willplan the meeting. r The meeting will be planned by Mr. Lee.

Sue is going to write the report. - The report ia going to be written by Sue.

(c) The teacher helps us.

(b) -lahC is h~lprd by the teacher.

(4 by the teacher.

2. SIMPLE PAST
   (a) The teacher helped me. (a) by the teacher.
   @) The teacher helped them. b) by the teacher.


3. PRESENT PERFBCT
   (a) The teacher has helped Joe. (a) by the teacher.
   (b) The teacher has helped us. (b) by the teacher.


4. mrruRB d
   (a) The teacher will help me. (a) by the teacher.
   (b) The teacher is gmng to help Tim. (b) by the teacher.
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