Anonymous  +  914384 Wed, 23 Sep 09 11:12 AM Can you please help with changing some sentences to active/passive voice please?   Active to passive: Simon was drinking the wine (active) The wine was drunk by Simon (passive) or is it "The wine was being drunk by Simon"?   Passive to active: The plants were watered by the gardener (passive) The gardener was watering the plants (active) or is it "The gardener watered the plant"? The light bulb was changed by Simon (passive) Simon was changing the lightbulb (active) or is it "Simon is changing the lightbulb"? The toy was confiscated by the teacher (passive) The teacher confiscated the toy (active) or is it "The teacher is confiscating the toy"?       Anonymous Sentences, Plants

	Mister Micawber  +  914527 Wed, 23 Sep 09 01:43 PM Simon was drinking the wine. The wine was being drunk by Simon. The plants were watered by the gardener. The gardener watered the plants. The light bulb was changed by Simon. Simon changed the lightbulb. The toy was confiscated by the teacher. The teacher confiscated the toy. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,807 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.' Plants

	CalifJim  +  914849 Wed, 23 Sep 09 06:34 PM Anonymous “Would you ever attempt to convert the original active sentence to passive and say it like that; even though it's grammatically correct?” No, and the same goes for "enjoy".  I don't feel that either one is particularly idiomatic. Nevertheless, this was just a practice exercise, and it's fine for that, I suppose. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,434 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Sentences