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XHealthY Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Passive Voice Writting exercise
I am sorry to keep bothering but I need to learn more and I can't do this 
I have a test soon and I need to pass.
So I need your help to do this then I will study it. I will give some of them a try and you guys can correct it for me. :X
Here is what i need to do
Read the fallowing paragraphs. Change the active sentences to the passive form. Keep the same tense as the original sentence use the correct tense, the correct past participial form of the main verb and put the adverbials in the correct positions. not all of the sentences can be changed. Some by phrases are necessary , others are not
In the 1930's , pilots flying over Peru's Atacama Desert discovered the Nazca Lines.
Someone drew this huge pictures in the desert.
They despite such things such as birds , spiders and abstract geometrical designs.
Some designs represent flowers and animal.
Going to give it a try.........
1. In the 1930's , The Nazca Lines was discovered by pilots flying over Peru's Atacama Desert.
2. This huge pictures in the desert was drawn by someone.
3. birds , spiders and abstract geometrical designs was despite
4. flowers and animal was represented
Don't know if correct
I got more questions
waiting until someone help me with this one.
I have a test soon and I need to pass.
So I need your help to do this then I will study it. I will give some of them a try and you guys can correct it for me. :X
Here is what i need to do
Read the fallowing paragraphs. Change the active sentences to the passive form. Keep the same tense as the original sentence use the correct tense, the correct past participial form of the main verb and put the adverbials in the correct positions. not all of the sentences can be changed. Some by phrases are necessary , others are not
In the 1930's , pilots flying over Peru's Atacama Desert discovered the Nazca Lines.
Someone drew this huge pictures in the desert.
They despite such things such as birds , spiders and abstract geometrical designs.
Some designs represent flowers and animal.
Going to give it a try.........
1. In the 1930's , The Nazca Lines was discovered by pilots flying over Peru's Atacama Desert.
2. This huge pictures in the desert was drawn by someone.
3. birds , spiders and abstract geometrical designs was despite
4. flowers and animal was represented
Don't know if correct
I got more questions
waiting until someone help me with this one.Top answer
was-were
- was-were
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1.1930's-1930s was-were
2.pictures-picture
3.was despite---were despised
4.was-were
2.pictures-picture
3.was despite---were despised
4.was-were
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thx , but I want to know if the answer are correct.
and here's more.
The designs are very precise.
They seem to have some kind of mathematical significance.
Someone made these pictures more then 3000 years ago.
They removed stones and dirt over large areas to expose the different colored soil beneath.
Are these designs proof that some aliens from outer space visited e
and here's more.
The designs are very precise.
They seem to have some kind of mathematical significance.
Someone made these pictures more then 3000 years ago.
They removed stones and dirt over large areas to expose the different colored soil beneath.
Are these designs proof that some aliens from outer space visited e
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Need help with this one as well.
Who made these pictures and why?
Did the ancient people make them to use as offerings for the gods?
Did the ancient people create them as "direction signs" for visitors from other planets?
No one knows but we know one thing: We don't know the reasons for and the methods of construction but the pictures have been preserved for at least 2000- a
Who made these pictures and why?
Did the ancient people make them to use as offerings for the gods?
Did the ancient people create them as "direction signs" for visitors from other planets?
No one knows but we know one thing: We don't know the reasons for and the methods of construction but the pictures have been preserved for at least 2000- a
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Hi xHealthY
Part of the problem in your first post is that 3 out of the 4 active sentences have errors in them. I have made the necessary corrections in your passive sentences:
Part of the problem in your first post is that 3 out of the 4 active sentences have errors in them. I have made the necessary corrections in your passive sentences:
xHealthY1. In the 1930's, The Nazca Lines were discovered by pilots flying over Peru's Atacama Desert.
Use "were" because the word "Lines" is pl
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I have underlined and highlighted in blue the part of the sentence that needs to be used in order to form the passive. The parts that are in boldface type are objects in the active sentence. The object is used as the subject in the passive form:
xHealthYThe designs are very precise.
They se
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Thx for the help. I will try to do the other ones. They are too hard but i will try
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I'd say sentence 11 is by far the most difficult of these. Nevertheless, the only thing you need to do is find the subject, verb and object in the active sentence, and then use the object as the subject in the passive sentence.
xHealthYWho made these pictures and why?
Did the ancient people make them to use as offerin
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