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  • make this sentence into a simple past passive, (I made a cake)
    A cake was made (by me)
  • Make this passsive sentence into an active sentence. "The bank was robbed last night"
    Thieves/Robbers/Someone robbed the bank last night.
  • Why do we use the passive? 2 reasons.
    When we don't know who did the action. When the peron who did it is obvious.
  • Make thiss active sentence into a present passive sentence. "I make a cake".
    A cake is made (by me)
  • The Sphinx..... built around 2500bc (past simple)
    was
  • The statues.....discovered in a tomb.
    were
  • Turn this active sentence into a passive sentence." John made a cake"
    A cake was made (by John)
  • Is the subject or the object more important in a passive sentence?
    the object, the thing something is being done to, is more important..
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