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Passive voice in simple past




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PASSIVE VOICE IN SIMPLE PAST!!!!

�A. Label the following sentences.

������������������������������� AV if it is in active voice.

������������������������������� PV if it is in passive voice

1.������ I cut my birthday cake.

2.������ Mount Everest was climbed by many explores

3.���� � You were driving a Jaguar.

4.������ My mother wrote many letters to her friends

5.���� � Ten beers were drunk by my brother

6.������ Flowers and balloons were given by my friends on Valentine�s Day

7.������ A hamburger, two tacos and two slides of pizza were eaten by Julia

8.������ My grandmother didn�t read her birthday card

9.������ Which T.V. show was watched by 3.5 million last night?

10.�� Salsa music was danced by thousands during the dancing contest

�B. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.

Example: The students wrote letters.�

��������������� Letters were written by the students.

1)�Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans.



2)�How long did you study logarithms?


3)�My sisters didn�t wake up my mother on her birthday.


4) Did they fly an airplane?

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5) Our dog ate the chickens.



6) During the fire, firefighters didn�t save my neighbor�s possessions.


C. Change the following sentences into ACTIVE VOICE
Example: The game was won by Brazil.

���������������� Brazil won the game

1)�Ten houses were destroyed by a deadly tornado


2)�The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.��


3) A man from Guapiles was bitten by a big snake.