STUDENT: LUZ MARTÍNEZ

PANAMA – DECEMBER 2020

 INDEX
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3
CHANGE SENTENCES FROM PRESENT SIMPLE TO PAST SIMPLE ..................... 4
CHANGE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE ....................... 7
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 11
 INTRODUCTION

The following work aims to develop the theme of weather and celebrations.

In this work we can learn to execute the phrases in the past tense, also
practice what is the passive and active voice, exchanging phrases from the
present simple to the past simple.

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CHANGE SENTENCES FROM PRESENT SIMPLE TO PAST SIMPLE

1. My mother watches the weather news in the morning.

My mother watched the weather news yesterday morning.

2. I work at the Weather Channel.

I worked at the Weather Channel.

3. My wife runs a retail store.

My wife ran a retail store.

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4. My sister lives in Panama.
My sister lived in Panama.

5. She earns a living by predicting the weather.

She earned a living by predicting the weather.

6. He wants to be a journalist.
He wanted to be a journalist.

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7. Anna cooks fish every Sunday.
Anna cooked fish last Sunday.

8. My students study hard to learn english.

My students studied hard to learn english.

9. She writes a children book once a year.

She wrote a children’s book last year.

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10. Do you play any sport?
Did you play any sport?

CHANGE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE VOICE TO PASSIVE VOICE

1. We made hotdogs for the party.

Hotdogs were made for the party by us.

2. They based the movie on the book.

The movie is based on the book

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3. Meteorologists predict the weather.
The weather is predicted by meteorologists.

4. The committee is presenting the results of the survey at the meeting.

The results of the survey were presented at the meeting by the
committee.

5. The reporter is interviewing the Carnival Queen.

The carnival queen is being interviewed by the reporter.

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6. The City Council has selected the city’s mayor.
The city`s mayor has been selected by City Council.

7. The police caught the thief.

The thief was caught by the police.

8. My sister set our house on fire.

Our house was set on fire by my sister.

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9. The weathermanforecast short spells of rainfall.
Short spells of rainfall were forecasted by the weatherman.

10. Many people celebrate the city festival with concerts and parades of
giant figures.
The city festival is celebrated by many people with concerts and parades
of giant figures.

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 CONCLUSION

I can conclude this work by establishing the importance of knowing the

adverbial tenses and managing them perfectly.

After completing this work, I better understood the use of the active and
passive voice and was able to practice the sentences in the past tense, this
work also allowed me to expand my knowledge of writing and speaking
correctly in English.

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