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Jhumjhum Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

active to passive

Please change these sentence into passive
It is now time to call over the names
It is time to stop the work
  

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call over the names? That is not correct. What do you mean?

— CalifJim

  • call over the names?
  • That is not correct.
  • What do you mean?
  • ___ You have no transitive verbs in the main clause, so you can't change those sentences to passive.
  • The only transitive verbs you have are infinitives, so those are the only structures that you can change to passive.
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call over the names? That is not correct. What do you mean?
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You have no transitive verbs in the main clause, so you can't change those sentences to passive.
The only transitive verbs you have are infinitives, so those are the only structures that you can change to passive.
It is time to stop the work becomes It is time for the work to be stopped.
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Thanks Calif Jim
I shall recheck the first sentence whether I have copied wrongEmotion: embarrassed
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It is now time for the names to be called over.

It is time for the work to be stopped.

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