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A Basic Grammar
The Passive Mood (11)
A simple way to express the passive mood is to say that the subject and the object change places, e.g. in the sentence: "John loves Mary".
John is the subject and Mary the object.
John is the subject and Mary the object.
When Mary becomes the subject and John the object, we move into the passive mood, e.g. "Mary is loved by John."
Exercise
Change into the passive mood;
1. I admire Betty tremendously .................
Betty is tremendously admired by me
2. I love Johnnie Brown ................................
Johnnie Brown is loved by me
3. I paid the money to Esmeralda ......................................
The money was paid by me to Esmeralda
4. You greatly appreciate your employer .....................................
Your employer is greatly appreciated by you
5. Johnnie fed the dog ..............................................
The dog was fed by Johnnie
6. Christine stroked the cat .................................
The cat was stroked by Christine
7. The people saw the fox ......................................
The fox was seen by the people
8. Mother roasted the food .......................................
The food was roasted by Mother
9. The teacher praised the class ...........................
The class was praised by the teacher
10. Father served coffee ...............................
Coffee was served by Father
11. The butler announced dinner ....................................
Dinner was announced by the butler
12. Ernestine drove the car ..............................
The car was driven by Ernestine
13. She said that Ernestine drove the car ...................................
She said that the car was driven by Ernestine
14. She says that Ernestine is driving the car ...................................
She says that the car is being driven by Ernestine
14. She says that Ernestine will drive the car ...................................
She says that the car will be driven by Ernestine
15. He gives her a wave .........................................
A wave is given to her by him
16. He gave her a wave ..............................................
A wave was given to her by him
17. He will give her a wave .............................................
A wave will be given to her by him
18. He bought a hat in the store .....................................
A hat was bought in the store by him
19. He annoys me ....................................................
I am annoyed by him
20. He annoyed me ......................................................
I was annoyed by him
21. He will annoy me ................................................................
I will be annoyed by him
22. He will never annoy me .......................................................
I will never be annoyed by him
Dr Luky Whittle
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