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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Changing sentence to passive form
1) The chef laughed loudly 2) they have three children
3) someone mentioned that you played tennis
4) the Argentina team played badly
can somebody plz help me to change this sentences to passive forms? if it cannot be changed plz let me know the reasons..thank you.. your help will be appreciated
3) someone mentioned that you played tennis
4) the Argentina team played badly
can somebody plz help me to change this sentences to passive forms? if it cannot be changed plz let me know the reasons..thank you.. your help will be appreciated
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Nos. 1 and 4 have no grammatical object and thus they cannot be changed into the passive voice. The only verb in No.
- Nos.
- 1 and 4 have no grammatical object and thus they cannot be changed into the passive voice.
- The only verb in No.
- 2 is have and such sentences are usually not said in the passive.
- (There are some exceptions such as: Great fun was had by all!
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Nos. 1 and 4 have no grammatical object and thus they cannot be changed into the passive voice. The only verb in No. 2 is have and such sentences are usually not said in the passive. (There are some exceptions such as: Great fun was had by all!)
In No. 3 the object is a 'that' clause, which makes a passive version extremely awkward. I don't think any native speaker (or non-
In No. 3 the object is a 'that' clause, which makes a passive version extremely awkward. I don't think any native speaker (or non-
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