
The passive voice in English
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•about 7 years agoAustralia is the biggest continent.
Australia is also considered as a continent.
Australia has always fascinated me.
I have been invited to the barbecue for Australia Day. Have you?
Australia Day is celebrated on January 26.
From now on, tourists will not be allowed to climb Uluru.
PRESENT SIMPLE At my hotel, dinner ... at 6.30 p.m. [serve]
PRESENT CONTINOUS (Present BE + V-ing) My glasses are at the shop right now. They ... . [repair]
FUTURE with WILL Your room ... very soon, Sir. [clean]
PAST SIMPLE Last weekend, three tourists ... by kangaroos. [attack]
PRESENT PERFECT Australian Aboriginals ... badly for years. [treat]
With MODAL Baby kangaroos can ... in their mothers' pouches. [observe]
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. Tourists take many pictures of the Sydney Opera House.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. People speak English in Australia.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. They are protecting the Great Barrier Reef.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. A shark attacked a swimmer yesterday.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. Sydney held the Olympic Games in 2000. (Note: Sydney becomes the place, so think of the right preposition of place!)
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. White Australians have called Aboriginal Australians by different names.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. Aboriginal dreamtime stories will always fascinate Europeans.
Transform the active sentence into a passive sentence. Tourists can no longer climb Uluru.