Passive v Active + Verb Tense
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This week`s news
This week`s sports news
100

The bird was seen by the birdwatchers. 

Passive -- Simple Past. 

100

The bird had seen birdwatchers in the forest before, but this new birdwatcher looked different. 

Past Perfect. 

100

Yesterday, I assisted the meeting. 

Attended. 

100

This U.S. State was the victim of a viscous wildfire this week. 

Hawaii. 

100

Which team beat Japan 2-1 in the Women`s World Cup, thereby ensuring that there will be a new overall winner?

Sweden

200

The bird saw the birdwatchers. 

Active. Simple Past. 

200

The bird will see many birdwatchers tomorrow. 

Simple Future. 

200

My girlfriend is very sensible. She always cries at the end of a sad movie. 

Sensitive. 

200

This national leader posted a picture of himself and his son going to see the movie Barbie. 

Justin Trudeau.

200

This English Premier League player could be going from Tottenham to Bayern Munich soon. 

Harry Kane. 

300

The bird has seen birdwatchers before. 

Active. Present Perfect. 

300

The bird will be returning to its nest in the North at this time tomorrow. 

Future Progressive. 

300

This summer, there were a lot of manifestations in France after the police killed a teenage boy. 

protests
300

The U.S. is spending $1.2 billion on a new plant in Texas intended to scrub carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and thus fight this phenomenon. 

Global warming or Climate change

300

This young Quebec tennis player from Laval fell out of the National Bank Open yesterday after losing to the American Danielle Collins. 

Lelaya Fernandez

400

The bird has been seen by the birdwatchers. 

Passive. Present Perfect. 

400

The bird has eaten this kind of worm before, but he doesn`t really like it very much. 

Present Perfect. 

400

A lot of people felt deceived by the new Spider-Man movie--they thought that the plot was far too confusing. 

disappointed

400
This Canadian province is the subject of a housing-land scandal called the `Greenbelt land swap`

Ontario

400

Baseball player Jose Bautista signed a one-day contract with this MLB club so that he could retire as a member of that team. 

The Toronto Blue Jays

500

The bird was seeing birdwatchers on a regular basis.

Active. Past Progressive. 

500

The bird has been drinking beer for hours, so it`s no surprise that it has completely sick. 

Present Perfect Progressive. 

500

Are we going to be able to play baseball tonight? It looks like the weather prevision calls for a lot of severe weather.

Report or forecast

500

A group of people from this Canadian province won an initial court case this week in their effort to remove the Governor General of Canada because she (Mary Simon) does not speak one of Canada`s two official languages. 

Quebec

500

This star of the NBA`s Milwaukee Bucks will -not- play for Greece at the Basketball World Cup because he has not recovered enough from surgery on his left knee. 

Giannis Antetokounmpo

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