Formpassive voicein appropriate tenses for the following exercise.(the...
Pasive voice will be :
The letters were sent last week.
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Formpassive voicein appropriate tenses for the following exercise.(the...
Explanation:
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action rather than the doer of the action. In this case, the action is sending the letters and the doer is unknown or irrelevant. Therefore, we use the passive voice to convey the message.
Tense: The tense of the sentence is simple past because the action happened last week.
Subject-Verb Agreement: Since the subject of the sentence (letters) is plural, the verb should be plural as well (were).
Word Order: In a passive sentence, the object (letters) comes before the verb (were sent).
Transformation: To transform an active sentence into a passive one, we use the past participle of the main verb (sent) and add the auxiliary verb (were) in the appropriate tense.
Final sentence: The letters were sent last week.
Formpassive voicein appropriate tenses for the following exercise.(the...
Explanation:
Passive voice is used when we want to focus on the action rather than the doer of the action. In this case, the action is sending the letters.
Forming passive voice:
To form passive voice, we use a form of the verb "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb. The tense of "to be" should match the tense of the main verb.
In this case, the main verb is "send" in the past tense.
Therefore, we use the past tense of "to be" which is "were" and add the past participle of "send" which is "sent".
Thus, the correct answer is "The letters were sent last week."
Heading: Passive Voice Formation
Bullet points:
- Passive voice is used to focus on the action rather than the doer of the action.
- To form passive voice, use a form of "to be" followed by the past participle of the main verb.
- The tense of "to be" should match the tense of the main verb.
- In this case, the main verb is "send" in the past tense.
- Therefore, we use the past tense of "to be" which is "were" and add the past participle of "send" which is "sent".
- The correct answer is "The letters were sent last week."