From passive to active voice
From active to passive voice
active or passive
Time
Rules
100

The bananas are eaten by the monkeys

The monkeys are eating the bananas
100

The students use calculators at the exam

Calculators are used by the students at the exam

100

A seashell was washed up on the beach by the ocean

passive

100

He was shot in the stomach

Datid
100

When the point of view is the acting participant

What is active? 

200

The acrobat was pranked by the clown.

The clown pranked the acrobat
200

A student failed an exam

The exam was failed by a student
200

The leaves wither in the fall

passive

200

She is killed and regenerated every day

Nutid
200

When the point of view is "suffering"

What is passive?

300

The Odyssey was written by Homer

Homer wrote the Odyssey

300

The mitochondria makes energy for the cell

The energy for the cell is made by the mitochondria

300

The lake was frozen by the cold winter nights

passive

300

The war should have ended

Førnutid
300

Formal language 

What is passive voice?
400

The picture of the sky was taken by Peter

Peter took a picture of the sky

400

The teacher jumped the bar

The bar was jumped by the teacher
400

The blood supplies the body with oxygen

active

400

The town is going to be roped

Fremtid
400

Foreløbigt subject

What cannot be used in passive?

500

I noticed that a window had been left open by the class.

I noticed the class leaving the window open

500

A mass of gases surrounds our planet

Our planet is surrounded by a mass of gases
500

The flower is pollinated by the bees

Passive

500

Ulla had been fighting all her life

Førdatid

500

Get-passive

What is informal language?

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