| How to change a sentence from active to passive. |
Example sentence:
| The dog bit the man. |
| Step 1. |
| The dog bit the man. |
- Find the object of the verb. (the man)
- Make the object the subject of the new sentence.
| The man........... |
| Step 2. |
-
- The dog bit the man.
- Decide which tense the verb is in. "Simple past" (see chart)
- Put the verb "to be" of this tense.
- (look to see if the subject is singular or plural)
| The man was.......... |
| Step 3. |
| Bite Bit Bitten |
- Write the participle of the verb after the verb "to be"
- The man was bitten .............
| The man was bitten.......... |
| Step 4 |
- Decide if you want to include the agent in the sentence.
| The man was bitten by the dog |
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