Passive voice

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Which sentence is more suitable for an essay about the current economic crisis?

1. Corona caused the economic crisis.
2. The economic crisis was caused by Corona.

Passive Voice

John was eating a snack

Is the subject the actor or the object of the verb? 

Actor: did John eat?

Object: did someone eat John?

I have never been to Wichita.

1. active
2. passive

I have never been arrested.

1. active
2. passive

The tower was built in 1802 by a French artist.

1. active
2. passive

The pizza made me sick

1. active
2. passive

No one was injured by the fire.

1. active
2. passive

Make these sentences passive:

1. John's mother raised him in a small town. 
2. Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. 
3. Someone painted the building last year.
4. You should not confuse Corona with the common flu. 
5. You should avoid personal pronouns in essay writing. 

Personal pronouns should be avoided in essay writing. 

Climate change is a big threat to our planet and we really should take measures to stop it before it gets worse. I heard that one of the major causes is air pollution from factories, so I think our government should set laws to restrict emissions. If they do that, then we can all live a much better life.

Without personal pronouns

Climate change is a big threat to the planet and, if humans don’t act quickly, it will only continue to get worse. According to various reports, one of the major causes is air pollution from factories, and the responsibility falls on the world’s governments to set laws to restrict emissions. If this happens, climate change should be abated and living standards will increase across the globe.