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Grammar Exercises: Activating Passivity with Sentence Restructuring

Practice transforming passive voice sentences into active voice and vice versa for improved understanding of sentence structure and grammar rules.

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Grammar Exercises: Activating Passivity with Sentence Restructuring

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  1. Monday, October 12th WRITE THE DEFINITIONS BELOW IN YOUR NOTES! ACTIVE VOICE: The subject of the sentence is doing the action (verb) PASSIVE VOICE: The action (verb) is being done to the subject Directions: RE-WRITE the following sentences. Change them from PASSIVE VOICE into the ACTIVE VOICE: The letter was mailed by Alice. At each concert, at least one song was sung by a soprano. The man was bitten by the dog. It is believed by the politician that we should have safer city parks. The exam was failed by over half of the seniors.

  2. Tuesday, October 13th Changeeach of the following sentences from active voice to PASSIVE voice: The committee presented the report. Karl watched the scary movie alone. The burglar stole the television in the house. The tornado lifted the house into the air. The report was presented by the committee. The movie was watched by Karl alone. The television in the house was stolen by the burglar. The house was lifted into the air by the tornado.

  3. Wednesday, October 14thcontd…. Use the following words (or a form of the word) in a story about Halloween…it could be about trick-or-treating or scary stuff! Dentist Homicide Reincarnation Carnivore Dormitory

  4. Regular English Thursday, October 14thcontd… Write the following words, and their definitions in your journal…these are the 10 words you need to know for your QUIZ tomorrow! centipede dormant centennial homicide dentist dormitory carnivorous orthodontist Reincarnation centigrade One-hundred legged creature Sleeping; not active Lasting for 100 years Killing of one human being by another One who is licensed to clean, fill, or extract teeth Place used for sleeping Action of eating meat/flesh Specialist in correcting teeth Belief that one’s spirit, after death, enters a new body Consisting of 100 degrees

  5. Friday, October 16th Get out your study packets and REVIEW for QUIZ #4!

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