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PASSIVE VOICE WITH “BY” (Simple Past)

The passive changes the focus of the statement, for the simple past, use the past
of “be + P.P of the main verb.

ACTIVE VOICE

1. Bartholdi designed “The Statue of Liberty.

2. The French gave “The Statue of Liberty to The U.S in 1886.
PASSIVE VOICE
1. “The Statue of Liberty was designed by Bartholdi.
2. “The Statue of Liberty was given to The U.S. by the French in 1886.
A. Do you know who created these popular Works? Match the phrases in
column A with the appropriate information from column B.

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COLUMN A

1. THE MONA LISA……. _____

2. THE OPERA LA BOHEME…… ______
3. THE NOVEL TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD…… _____
4. THE FILM E.T. – THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL……. ______
5. THE ALBUM THRILLER……. ______
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COLUMN B

a. WAS DIRECTED BY STEVEN SPIELBERG.

b. WAS WRITTEN BY HARPER LEE.
c. WAS RECORDED BY MICHAEL JACKSON.
d. WAS COMPOSED BY GIACOMO PUCCINI.
e. WAS PAINTED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.

Solution:

1. THE MONA LISA WAS PAINTED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI.

2. THE OPERA LA BOHEME WAS COMPOSED BY GIACOMO PUCCINI.
3. THE NOVEL TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WAS WRITTEN BY HARPER LEE.
4. THE FILM E.T. – THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL WAS DIRECTED BY STEVEN
SPIELBERG.
5. THE ALBUM THRILLER WAS RECORDED BY MICHAEL JACKSON.

B. Make these active sentences into Passive Voice.

1. Thomas Edinson invented the Phonograph in 1877.

2. Marie Curie discovered Radium in 1898
3. Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1971.
4. Tim Berners Lee developed the World Wide Web in 1989.
5. Woo Paik produced the First Digital HDTV (high-definition televisión) in
1991.

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C. WRITE TWENTY SENTENCES IN PASSIVE VOICE ABOUT INVENTIONS.