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Active and Passive Voice

Examples:

a) I eat an apple.

  An apple is eaten by me.

b)I am eating an apple.

An apple is being eaten by me.

c) I have eaten an apple.

An apple has been eaten by me.( pay attention to the subject)

d) I ate an apple.

An apple was eaten by me.

e) I was eating an apple.

An apple was being eaten by me.

f) I had eaten an apple.

An apple had been eaten by me.

g) I will eat an apple.

An apple will be eaten by me.

h) I will have eaten an apple.

An apple will have been eaten by me.

i) I would eat an apple.

An apple would be eaten by me.

j) I would have eaten an apple.

An apple would have been eaten by me.

     When there is someone(somebody...), they or people. We don't write the agent.

ex.: They ate an apple.

An apple was eaten. (we don't say 'by them')

Someone eats an apple.

An apple is eaten.(we don't say 'by someone')

We don't say 'by people'

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1. Mary was singing a beautiful song. A beautiful song .

2. Jack and Jill had done the work. The work .

3. Peter is sweeping the floor. The floor .

4. Someone stole my pen. My pen .

5. People are polluting the environment. The environment .

6. The maid has cleaned the rooms. The rooms .

7. John and Tom are washing the dirty clothes. The dirty clothes .

8. The cat is chasing the mice. The mice .

9. Somebody broke the window pane. The window pane .

10. I am reading this book as it seems interesting. This book as it seems interesting.