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Hi! Are these all passive form? Thanks, Fulvio

1. It is a place visited by many tourists.

2. It is a sport played in Australia.

3. It is a food eaten in Singapore.

4. It is a well known pop group.

5. He is an artist born in 1754.

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

yellowstarstruck Are these all passive form?

If you are talking about the whole sentence, no. They are all active. It is a and He is a are both active forms.

If you are talking about the modifying past participle constructions at the end, then all but one of those is passive:

visited by many tourists.
played in Australia.
eaten in Singapore.
born in 1754.

To make the whole sentence passive, you need these:

That place is visited by many tourists.
That sport is played in Australia.
That food is eaten in Singapore.
That artist was born in 1754.

Although well known has a past participle, it's an adjective in well known pop group.

CJ

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