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Vanya1990 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Passive voice

Hi! Could you please help me transform the following question into passive: She likes to look at fire when she is sad.

Thanks in advance
  

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Active: She likes to look at fire when she is sad. Passive: Fire is looked at by her when she is sad. Hope that helps.

— Anshh

  • Active: She likes to look at fire when she is sad.
  • Passive: Fire is looked at by her when she is sad.
  • Hope that helps.
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Active: She likes to look at fire when she is sad.
Passive: Fire is looked at by her when she is sad.

Hope that helps.
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Welcome to English Forums, Vanya! Thanks for joining us! Emotion: party!!!

Best wishes,

- A.
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Avangi, thank you for your welcoming words. And thanks for you reply to passive voice question. That was me asking)
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Anshh, thanks for your reply. I thought smth like "she likes fire to be looked at by her, when she is sad", but your variant looks much better. Regards!
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Vanya1990 Anshh, thanks for your reply. I thought smth like "she likes fire to be looked at by her, when she is sad", but your variant looks much better. Regards!
I'm glad that helped you, welcome on EF. There's something wrong in your variant, though.
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Active: She likes to look at fire when she is sad.
Passive: Fire is looked at by her when she is sad. <<< This does not explicitly say that she likes looking at it. eg Maybe it makes her more sad.

I suggest Looking at fire is liked by her when she is sad.
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Clive, thanks very much for your reply. You are right - this is part of a grammar exercise and I have been struggling with incorporating the "she likes" part in my passive voice sentence. Thanks again for helping me out!
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Your teacher must have a sadistic bent to assign sentences which really can't be transformed into the passive. Emotion: devil
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