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Passive Voice

exercise : 35

1. somebody calls the president everyday = The President is called by somebody

2. john is calling the other members = The members are being called by john

3. somebody will call Mr. Watson tonight = Mr. Watson will be called by somebody tonight

4. The fire has caused considerable damage = The considerable damage has been caused by the fire

5. The teacher should buy the supplies for this class = The supplies should be bought for this class by the teacher.

causative verbs

exercise : 36

page : 135

1. The teacher made juan leave the room.

2. Toshiko had her car repaired by a mechanic.

3. Ellen got marvin typed her paper.

4. I made Jane call her friend on the telephone.

5. We got our house painted last week.

6. Dr. Bryd is having the students write a composition.

7. The policemen made the suspect lie on the ground.

8. Mark got his transcript send to the university.

9. Maria is getting her hair cut tomorrow.

10. We will have to get the dean signed this form.

11. The teacher let al leave the classroom.

12. Maria got Ed washed the pippet.

13. She always has her car to fix by the same mechanic.

14. Gene got his book published by a subsidy publisher.

15. We have to help janet to find her key.

Passive Voice

It's important to study the passive voice to place the focus on the object of an action, rather than than the person doing that action. English students should learn how to use the passive voice for explaining processes and for business situations. Here are some examples:

Somebody made my car in Detroit. -> My car was made in Detroit.

Somebody painted this beautiful picture. -> This picture was painted by George Smith.

A number of people in company ZYZ have designed this recorder. -> This recorder was designed by the ZYZ Company.

Passive Voice Grammar

The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action.

• The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Particple
  The house was built in 1989.
• It is often used in business when the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action.
  For Example:
  We have produced over 20 different models in the past two years. Changes to: Over 20 different models have been produced in the past two years.
• If the agent is important (the person, company or thing that does the action) , use "by"
  For Example: Tim Wilson wrote "The Flight to Brunnswick" in 1987. Changes to:"The Flight to Brunnswick" was written in 1987 by Tim Wilson.
• Only verbs that take an object can be used in the passive voice.

ref : http://esl.about.com/od/grammarstructures/a/passive_voice.htm