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The passive

Last updated over 7 years ago
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English Foreing Language, EFL, intermediate, B1
Let's revise some passive basics and see which is our starting point.
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Some sentences below are active and some are passive. Which sentences are in the passive form?

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The passive is formed with the verb to be an the past participle (3rd column / -ed)

If we want to transform a sentence from active to passive we must change the order of the elements in the sentence. Look at the picture:
1 - locate the verb (wrote).
2 - place the object (Hamlet) at the beginning of the new sentence, as the new subject.
3 - transform the verb into passive ( verb to be in the same verbe tense + -ed/3rd col.).
4 - place the original subject (Shakespeare) after the transformed verb and the preposition by. If the subject is not relevant (they, someone, everyone...) we don't need to include it.
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Which option is a correct passive form of this sentence?
Customers exchange clothes easily.

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Which option is a correct passive form of this sentence?
They didn't sell this make online.

Transform these sentences from active to passive.
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Shops offer discounts during the sales period.

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They printed thousands of flyers to advertise the new cafè.

Transform these sentences from active to passive. Your teacher will correct them after your answers have been sent.
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They always refund your money.

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The company distributed free samples.

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They don't accept credit cards at this shop.

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The shop will reduce the prices at the end of the season.

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The seller and the customer negotiated on the price.

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How do you feel about passives?