PASSIVE TO ACTIVE SENTENCES
GENERAL WAYS TO FIX:
AVOID:
- BEGINNING A SENTENCE WITH THERE IS/ARE, WAS/WERE
- HAS/HAVE/HAD BEEN
- ING
- LINKING VERBS: IS, ARE, WAS, WERE
PAST TENSE AND ACTIVE VERBS!
EXAMPLES:
PASSIVE: THE COMPOSING PROCESS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO SEVEN PARTS.
ACTIVE: EMIG (1971) SEPARATED THE COMPOSING PROCESS INTO SEVEN PARTS.
PASSIVE: THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE
ACTIVE: THE STUDY AIMED TO DETERMINE
PASSIVE: AMERICA HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS A CLASSLESS SOCIETY
ACTIVE: SPRING (2001) PORTRAYED AMERICA AS A CLASSLESS SOCIETY
PASSIVE: WERE HOPING WAS MAKING
ACTIVE: HOPED MADE
PASSIVE: CALLS WERE MADE BY GOVERNMENT FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
ACTIVE: GOVERNMENT CALLED FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
PASSIVE: STUDYING FOCUSING
ACTIVE: WHO STUDIED WHICH FOCUSED
