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Robsee Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Passive

0 Hi, 02br
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00I have some trouble with the following sentences which I need to rewrite in the passive voice. In brackets I will write the subject of the passive voice. Of course, I have tried it myself. Perhaps, there isn't so much wrong. However, I don't get the sentence 6. 02br
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001. Somebody has found the boy the people wanted. (the boy) 02br
00The boy the people wanted have been found by somebody. 02br
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002. They will take her to hospital tomorrow. (her) 02br
00She will be taken to hospital tomorrow. 02br
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003. They ought not to speak about such things in public. (such things) 02br
00Such things ought not to be spoken about in public. 02br
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004. Didn't anybody ever teach the boy how to behave? (the boy) 02br
00Wasn't the boy ever taught by anybody how to behave? 02br
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005. I think they will repair your TV set tomorrow. (your TV set) 02br
00I think your TV set will be repaired tomorrow. 02br
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006. Nobody has ever spoken to me like that. 05002br
00I have ever been spoken like that by nobody. 02br
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00Thanks a lot for helping me 02br
00Robert 010id90
  

Top answer

0 1. The boy the people wanted *** been found by somebody. 02br 002.

— B_smith_79

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  • The boy the people wanted *** been found by somebody.
  • 02br 002.
  • Correct, but if you wanted to get all the sentence elements in you would say "She will be taken to hospital by them tomorrow".
  • 02br 003.
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0 1. The boy the people wanted *** been found by somebody. 02br
002. Correct, but if you wanted to get all the sentence elements in you would say "She will be taken to hospital by them tomorrow". 02br
003. Correct, but if you wanted to get all the sentence elements in you would say "Such things ought not to be spoken about by them in public". 02br
004. Correct
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0 My try is: 02br
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001. The boy the people wanted 01b00has02b00 been found. 02br
002. She will be taken to hospital tomorrow. OK 02br
003. Such things ought not to be spoken about in public. OK 02br
004. Wasn't the boy ever taught how to behave? 02br
005. I think your TV set will be repaired tomorrow
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0 Hi, 02br
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00thanks for the quick reply, and for the information. 02br
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00Concerning sentence 6, you surely mean "move the negative from Nobody to never (not ever)". 02br
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00Robert 0-
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0 Hi Robert. 02br
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00Yes, that's what I mean- you take the word "ever" from the first sentence and make it negative - "never". 0-
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0 Thanks, I think I got it now. 02br
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00Robert 0-
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