[Grammar] passive voice

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emilii77

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change into passive voice could you help me please ?:)

Bad organisation spoiled their holiday .
their holiday was spoiled by bad organisation.

3 Teachers mark hundreds of exam papers every year .
hundreds of exam paper are marked by teachers

4 Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
who had written R a J?

5 You should dry your hair before you go out.
your hair should be dried by you before you go out

6 You mustn’t tell him the truth .
the truth musn't be told him

7 She likes people taking her to the theatre .
I don't know

8 Why didn’t they give her the job?
why job wasn't given her ?

Is it good ?
 

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change into passive voice could you help me please ?:)

Bad organisation spoiled their holiday .
their holiday was spoiled by bad organisation.

3 Teachers mark hundreds of exam papers every year .
hundreds of exam paper are marked by teachers

4 Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
who had written R a J?

5 You should dry your hair before you go out.
your hair should be dried by you before you go out

6 You mustn’t tell him the truth .
the truth musn't be told him

7 She likes people taking her to the theatre .
I don't know

8 Why didn’t they give her the job?
why job wasn't given her ?

Is it good ?
See your duplicate post.
 

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See your duplicate post.
Actually I think she's done the right thing by creating a new thread, since it's no longer about direct/indirect expressions, but maybe a mention in that thread referring to the new one is appropriate.

 

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change into passive voice could you help me please ?:)

Bad organisation spoiled their holiday .
their holiday was spoiled by bad organisation. Yes.

3 Teachers mark hundreds of exam papers every year .
hundreds of exam paper are marked by teachers Yes, more or less. I won't bother fixing your punctuation or S-V agreement, etc.

4 Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
who had written R a J?
Does this follow the pattern of making the object the subject of the new sentence?

5 You should dry your hair before you go out.
your hair should be dried [STRIKE]by you [/STRIKE] before you go out

6 You mustn’t tell him the truth .
the truth musn't be told to him

7 She likes people taking her to the theatre .
I don't know
There is no good passive version of this sentence.

8 Why didn’t they give her the job?
why job wasn't given her ? What was the job not given to her?

Is it good ?
Also see the corrections in your other thread, and give the participants in that thread some idea of what you're doing and where you've gone.
 
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