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Maaaaaja Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Please help! Passive Voice!

I have test tomorrow, and I don't know how to put this sentence into the passive voice!

The sentence is:

The teacher himself couldn't explain it.

Thank you!
  

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Hi, I have test tomorrow, and I don't know how to put this sentence into the passive voice! The sentence is: The teacher himself couldn't explain it. It couldn't be explained by the teacher himself.

  • Hi, I have test tomorrow, and I don't know how to put this sentence into the passive voice!
  • The sentence is: The teacher himself couldn't explain it.
  • It couldn't be explained by the teacher himself.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I have test tomorrow, and I don't know how to put this sentence into the passive voice!

The sentence is:

The teacher himself couldn't explain it.

It couldn't be explained by the teacher himself.



Clive
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Thank you very much, I didn't know what to do with the word 'himself'. Thanks!
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Welcome to the forums!

Maybe you need a recipe to convert sentences from active to passive.

First you need to find the subject, verb and direct object in the sentence:

The teacher himself couldn't explain it.

Subject: teacher
Verb: could explain
Direct object: it

Then you have make a new sentence with the same meaning, switching the direct obje

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