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Latest post Thu, May 18 2006 8:11 AM by CalifJim. 3 replies.
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Brunces  +  226326 Thu, 18 May 06 02:54 AM
Hello, friends.
 
I was doing my English homework here and now I'm stuck in a doubt. There's this exercise in which I have to rewrite the sentences from Passive to Active Voice. The first sentences were OK. For example:
 
The letters were sent by Julie. -> Julie sent the letters.
This message was written by me. -> I wrote this message.
And so on...
 
But then, I came across two sentences that I really don't know what to do:
 
1) You are offering something to drink to someone.
2) You are inviting someone to a concert.
 
Are these sentences really in Passive Voice? If so, how can I rewrite them using Active Voice? I really have no idea.
 
Thanks for the attention, guys.
 
Hugs,
 
Bruno
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Pinenut, 3 yr 189 days ago
No, they are not.
Anonymous, 3 yr 189 days ago

[You are offering] and [you are inviting] are clearly in active voice.  How do you see them in passive? If you understand the examples you showed us,  you shouldn't have problem with these two. 

CalifJim  +  226386 Thu, 18 May 06 08:11 AM

But then, I came across two sentences that I really don't know what to do:
 
1) You are offering something to drink to someone.
2) You are inviting someone to a concert.

It seems to me that these sentences should not be part of the exercise on active and passive.  They appear to be instructions for yet another exercise.  Perhaps there's a misprint in your textbook.

CJ
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