A) Some old documents are translated by them last week.
B) Some old documents have been translated by them last week.
C) Some old documents were being translated by them last week.
D) Some old documents were translated by them last week.
E) Some old documents been translated by them last week.
2. The important email has been sent by my secretary. What is the form of this sentences?
A) My secretary was sending the important email.
B) My secretary sends the important email
C) My secretary is sending the important email.
D) My secretary has been sending the important email.
E) My secretary has sent the important email.
3. We'll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is the passive form? (Future Continuous)
A) Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.
B) Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.
C) Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.
D) Our grandmother would be being visited by us next week.
E) Our grandmother would have been visited by us next week.
4. We can see many beautiful paintings in this exhibition. They were….by famous Indonesian painter.
A) Painting
B) Painted
C) Paint
D) Be Painting
E) Being Painting
5. Two tents for our camping would….by my mother. (Past Future)
A) Being bought
B) Been bought
C) Be bought
D) Bought
E) Been buying
1. They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive from of this sentences?
ACTIVE-PASSIVE
1. (D)
2. (E)
3. Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.
4. (B)
5. (C)
EXPLANATION
Passive voice is commonly used to emphasize the recipient of the verb.
Here are steps how to change the active voice to the passive voice :
- the object of an active voice is moved to the subject of a passive voice or instead.
- all of verbs are conjugated in the past participle verb.
Active voice is used when the doer of action perfoms the action.
Here are steps how to change passive to active voice.
- the subject of a passive voice (New subject/recipient) is moved to the object of an active voice. On the other hand, the object of passive voice (Agent) is moved to the subject of an active voice.
- all of the past participle verbs are conjugated in each tense used in the sentence context.
BASED ON YOUR QUESTIONS
1) SIMPLE PAST
A : S+Verb²+O
P : S(O)+to be(was/were)+Verb3+by agent.
They (Subject) translated (Verb) some old documents (Object) last week (Adverb)
changes to :
- Some old documents (New subject) + were translated (verb)+by them (Agent)+last week (Adverb).
The answer is D) Some old documents were translated by them last week.
2) PRESENT PERFECT
P : S(O)+has/have+been+Verb3+by agent
A : S (Agent)+Has/Have+Verb²+O
The important email (Subject) has been sent (Verb) by my secretary (Agent).
changes to :
- My secretary (Subject)+has sent (Verb)+the important email (Object).
The answer is E) My secretary has sent the important email.
3) FUTURE CONTINUOUS
A : S+will+be+verb-ing+O
P : S(O)+will+be+being+verb³+by Agent.
We (Subject) will be visiting (Verb) our grandmother (Object) next week (Adverb).
changes to :
- Our grandmother (S)+ will be being visited (Verb)+ by us (Agent) next week (Adverb).
The correct answer is Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week ➡ There's no correct option. Please, check again for the correct writing!
4) SIMPLE PAST
A : S+Verb²+O
P : S(O)+to be(was/were)+Verb3+by agent.
Indonesian painter (Subject) visited (Verb) them (Object).
changes to :
- They (New subject) were visited (Verb) by famous Indonesian painter (Agent).
The correct verb is B) Painted.
5) PAST FUTURE
A : S+would+verb¹+O
P : S(O)+would+be+Verb³+by Agent.
My mother (Subject)+would buy (Verb)+two tents (Object)+PP (for our camping).
changes to :
- Two tents for our camping (New subject) would be bought (Verb) by my mother (Agent).
The correct verb is C) Be bought
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Details
Grade: XI
Subject : English
Category : Sentence Structure
Code : 11.5.8
Keywords : active, passive