Friday, May 16, 2008

Active/Passive

Active/Passive forms

They destroyed the buliding.
>The buliding was destroyed.

The news surprised me.
>I was surprsed by the news.

Somebody cleans this room every day.
>This room is cleaned every day.

How do people learn languages?
>How are languages learned?

People warned us not to go out alone.
>We were warned not to go out alone.

Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
> The computer is being used at moment.

They have built a new hospital near the airport.
> A new hospital has been built near the airport.

We gave the police the information.
> The police were given the information.
>The information was given to the police.

I enjoyed taking the children to the zoo.
> The children enjoyed being taken to the zoo.

They saw him climbing over the fence.
> He was seen climbing over the fence.

His colleagues started to respect Tim.
>Tim started to be respected

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