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MyShirley Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

change passive to active

How do you change this active sentence into a passive one?

The fortunate red colour and the deafening noises were intended to sare the monster away.

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Perhaps: We planned to use the fortunate red colour and deafening noises to SCARE the monster away.

— Marius Hancu

  • Perhaps: We planned to use the fortunate red colour and deafening noises to SCARE the monster away.
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Perhaps:

We planned to use the fortunate red colour and deafening noises to SCARE the monster away.
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MyShirleyHow do you change this active sentence into a passive one?

The fortunate red colour and the deafening noises were intended to sare the monster away.

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It was intended that the monster would be scared away by the fortunate red colour and the deafening noises.
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The "fortunate red colour" What's that? It makes no sense in English.

Do you mean the "lucky colour red"... but that doesn't scan too well either...

I presume we're translating from Chinese here?
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Yes, that's strange, but I let it pass ...
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