EXERCISE 4. Actlve vs. passive: question forms. (Charts 10-1 and 10-2)
Directions: Change the active sentences to passive sentences that have the same meaning
\ and tense.
"-\,"a. .r Ac- PASSIVE
- (a) The news surprised John. 10h w& sw~vised by the news.
(b) Did the news surprise you? Urve vok S~PV~SPA by the news? - (a) The news surprises Erin. by the news.
(b) Does the news surprise you? by the news? - (a) The news will shock Steve. by the news.
@) Will the news shock Pat? by the news? - (a) Liz signed the petition. by Liz.
(b) Did Ryan sign it? by Ryan?
PETITION
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build a fn.fwd rpuunnt at the l&n. - (a) Bob has signed the petition.^1 I/ by Bob.
(b) Has Jim signed it yet? by Jim yet? - (a) Sue is going to sign it. by Sue.
(b) Is Carol going to sign it? by Carol?
EXERCISE 5. Actlve vs. passlve. (Charts 10-1 and 10-2)
Directions: Change the sentences from active to passive...
- A thief stole Ann's purse. + Ann's purse was smkn by a thief. , , ~; ;<*fX.,'' \,,, , ,, ,, , : .! , .,!
- Did a cat kill the bird?. ' ,.,..!
.~. ,,! .-:'?'... - My cat didn't kill the bird. , ' ,;,!':.,. ,~< '
.., ,.. - Do a large number of people speak French? : , ..-.,L, ..., r.;
- Is the janitor going to fix the window?
- Will a maid clean our hotel room?
,, ., ..,>. ,,: .,., , ' /I I' - Does the hotel provide clean towels? ... .,
- Sometimes my inability to understand spoken English frustrates me.
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