smok3y  +  948289 Tue, 20 Oct 09 06:33 PM Hello, Here are a few senteces  that need to be changed in passive voice.. any help? Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. We use this room only on special occasions. They Are carrying heavy suitcases. Someone will serve refreshments. Thanks :) smok3y Joined on Tue, Oct 20 2009 New Member 03

	CalifJim  +  948410 Tue, 20 Oct 09 08:35 PM We don't do the work for you.  You do that and we check it. Here's a little help.  Find the direct object of each sentence, then make a new sentence using that as the subject in the new sentence. CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,389 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Direct Objects, Sentences

	smok3y  +  948510 Tue, 20 Oct 09 10:55 PM Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. R: The ice the climbers got had cut steps. We use this room only on special occasions. R: On special occasions we used this room. They Are carrying heavy suitcases. R:Heave suitcases are being cared by them. Someone will serve refreshments. R: refreshments had been served. I'm waiting for a possitive answer if someone could take a look. smok3y

	CalifJim  +  948569 Wed, 21 Oct 09 12:58 AM Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice. R: The ice the climbers got had cut steps. Steps ... ... ... by previous climbers. We use this room only on special occasions. R: On special occasions we used this room. This room ... ... ... They Are carrying heavy suitcases. R:Heavy suitcases are being carried by them.  (You did this one almost perfectly.) Someone will serve refreshments. R: refreshments had been served.  (Keep will:  Refreshments will be served.) You've got the right idea in the last two.  You put the direct object (underlined) of the active sentence as the subject (at the beginning) of the passive sentence.  But note that your placement of words is not correct in the first two.  You didn't find the direct object correctly.  It's not always the last words in the sentence.  The underlined items are direct objects in the active sentence, so you put them first in the passive sentence.  Try the first two again.  OK? CJ CalifJim Direct Objects, Sentences, Passive

	smok3y  +  948711 Wed, 21 Oct 09 05:21 AM Thanks alot for the help now I got it how to do them,atleast this ones I notice what I have to do to find the direct object correctly,I was going for the last one pretty much there.Thanks again for the heads up,now I know  what I have to do. smok3y Direct Objects