POVERTY AND SOCIAL ISSUES

In passive voice sentences...

• The subject is the doer of the action.

• The subject is the recipient of the verb´s action.

The passive voice is always constructed with a conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past participle.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Change to passive voice:

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.

• The phonograph invented Thomas Edison.

• The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison.

• The Phonograph is invented by Thomas Edison.

Change to passive voice:

A plumber is going to fix the leaky faucet.

• The leaky faucet will fixed by the plumber.

• The leaky faucet is going to be fixed by the plumber.

Change to passive voice:

A large number of people speak Spanish.

• Spanish will be spoken by a Large number of People.

• Spanish is spoken by a large number of people.

The door __________________ by him now

• is being opened

• is opened

• will be opened

• was being opened

English ____________ by him for one year

• had been learned

• was learned

• have been learned

• has been learned

French _______________ in Niger

• is spoken

• are spoken

• is being spoken

• were spoken

The telephone ________________ by Alexander Graham Bell

• is being invented

• is invented

• was invented

• will be invented

Someone knocked David down and broke his leg yesterday.

• David knocked down and his leg broken yesterday.

• David is knocked down and his leg is broken yesterday.

• David was knocked down and his leg was broken yesterday.

• David knocked down and his leg was broken yesterday.