Introduction
In the sentence ‘John repairs clocks’ John is the cause of the repairs; we say that this sentence is in the active voice. But in the sentence ‘The clock has been repaired’ the clock is not the cause of the repair; we call this a passive sentence. For each verb below, try to write one active sentence and one passive sentence. For which verbs is this awkward or not possible?
The words in this puzzle are taken randomly from a list of 943 common words.
For example:
‘Beat the mixture until smooth’ (active).
‘United were beaten five-nil last night’ (passive).
1. Act. 2. Debate. 3. Father. 4. Fuel. 5. Host. 6. Loose. 7. Overcome. 8. Qualify. 9. Stoop.
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