From passive to active voice
The bananas are eaten by the monkeys
The students use calculators at the exam
Calculators are used by the students at the exam
A seashell was washed up on the beach by the ocean
passive
He was shot in the stomach
When the point of view is the acting participant
What is active?
The acrobat was pranked by the clown.
A student failed an exam
The leaves wither in the fall
passive
She is killed and regenerated every day
When the point of view is "suffering"
What is passive?
The Odyssey was written by Homer
Homer wrote the Odyssey
The mitochondria makes energy for the cell
The energy for the cell is made by the mitochondria
The lake was frozen by the cold winter nights
passive
The war should have ended
Formal language
The picture of the sky was taken by Peter
Peter took a picture of the sky
The teacher jumped the bar
The blood supplies the body with oxygen
active
The town is going to be roped
Foreløbigt subject
What cannot be used in passive?
I noticed that a window had been left open by the class.
I noticed the class leaving the window open
A mass of gases surrounds our planet
The flower is pollinated by the bees
Passive
Ulla had been fighting all her life
Førdatid
Get-passive
What is informal language?