Homework Help: grammar

Posted by Ephraim on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 2:57am.

Change the following sentence from Active voice to Passive voice:

1. The teacher shouted at the learners when thy did not do their homework.
2. The thief stole a watch from the shop.
3. The soccer player dribbled the ball.

grammar - Writeacher, Monday, June 15, 2009 at 5:04am
All these sentences are in active voice because the subject is DOING the action:
teacher shouted
thief stole
player dribbled

To make them passive, you have to turn the sentence around, in a way. Here are a couple of pairs of active/passive sentences so you can see the difference:

John ate the hamburger. (active)
The hamburger was eaten by John. (passive)

Lily hit the softball. (active)
The softball was hit by Lily. (passive)

What do you think?

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