Active or Passive?
Change the Sentence
Correct the Sentence
Passive Causitives
100
You might be excited about this.
Active
100
Active to Passive: We conducted the experiment in four different stages.
The experiment was conducted in four different stages. .
100
It often said that a full moon causes many bad things.
It is often said that a full moon causes many bad things.
100
Create a sentence: The queen / her estate / prepare / for the party
The queen had her estate prepared for the party.
200
It's understood that he broke up with her because he met someone else.
Passive
200
Passive to Active: Brazil is located in South America.
Not possible. This is a stative passive
200
A full moon is not connected to increases in the rates of murder, traffic accidents, births, sleepwalking, or any other events that are believe to be affected by the moon.
A full moon is not connected to increases in the rates of murder, traffic accidents, births, sleepwalking, or any other events that are believed to be affected by the moon.
200
Create the sentence: The band / food / bring / backstage
The band had food brought backstage.
300
She'd had her hair done by the time they left.
Passive
300
Passive to Active: It can be safely assumed that I will pass this class.
I can safely assume that I will pass this class.
300
If a full moon is really not relating to any of these occurrences, why are these myths assumed to be true by so many people?
If a full moon is really not related to any of these occurrences, why are these myths assumed to be true by so many people?
300
Create the sentence: I / posters / make / for my upcoming play
I had posters made for my upcoming play.
400
She had done her hair by the time they left.
Active
400
Active to Passive: Scientists claim that life on other planets is possible.
It is claimed (by scientists) that life on other planets is possible. Life on other planets is claimed to be possible.
400
Some people claim that because both the Earth and the human body have composed of 80 percent water...
Some people claim that because both the Earth and the human body are composed of 80 percent water...
400
Create the sentence: I / need / my lawn / trim / before my in-laws visit
I need to have my lawn trimmed before my in-laws visit.
500
The ancient Greeks and Romans are now believed to have played a game like backgammon.
Passive
500
Active to Passive: Lawyers are building the case that the defendant did indeed commit fraud.
The case is being built that the defendant did indeed commit fraud.
500
Unbounded bodies of water are those that have no boundaries; they don't surround anything.
Unbounded bodies of water are those that have no boundaries; they aren't surrounded by anything.
500
Create the sentence: The prime minister / his speech / write / his aides
The prime minister had his speech written by his aides.
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