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About Relative Pronouns
Fill in the Relative Pronoun
About Passive Voice
Active to Passive
Passive to Active
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"Who" is a relative pronoun that can only replace what?
What is people.
100
The family house burnt in the fire was immediately given a complimentary suite in a hotel.
The family whose house burnt in the fire was immediately given a complimentary suite in a hotel.
100
Only what kind of verbs can be used in the passive?
Transitive
100
The teacher has helped the student.
The student had been helped by the teacher.
100
The dog is walked by Andy.
Andy walks the dog.
200
The only relative pronoun that NEVER has commas.
What is that.
200
This is the house had great decorations.
What is This is the house THAT had great decorations.
200
What kind of verbs are impossible to use in the passive voice?
Intransitive
200
Katie stocked the kitchen.
The kitchen was stocked by Katie.
200
The school will be helped by the boys.
The boys will help the school.
300
What relative pronoun is more formal than who?
What is whom
300
It took me a while to get used to people eat popcorn during the movie.
What is who or that.
300
What is the first step in changing a sentence from the active to the passive?
Putting the subject in the object position.
300
Annie will have brushed the horse.
What is The horse will have been brushed by Annie.
300
The newspaper had been read by Marty.
Marty had read the newspaper.
400
Name 4 relative pronouns.
that, who, whom, whose, which, where, when, what, why
400
The science fair, lasted all day, ended with an awards ceremony.
The science fair, which lasted all day, ended with an awards ceremony.
400
What is the change that happens to a verb in the passive voice?
"be" + past participle
400
Alex is going to call grandma.
Grandma is going to be called by Alex.
400
English is going to be spoken by students.
Students are going to speak English.
500
What is an example of an intransitive verb?
Happen, sleep, come, seem, die answers may differ
500
This is the man to I wanted to speak and whose name I had forgotten.
This is the man to whom I wanted to speak and whose name I had forgotten.
500
Name two reasons to use the passive voice.
The person who did the action is unknown. It is not important who did the action. It is obvious who did the action. Someone is trying to hide who did the action.
500
The boy sleeps. (tricky question)
This cannot be changed from Active to Passive.
500
Fresh fruit was being bought by mother.
Mother was buying fresh fruit.