Yankee  +  678657 Sun, 22 Feb 09 08:23 PM I'd say sentence 11 is by far the most difficult of these.  Nevertheless, the only thing you need to do is find the subject, verb and object in the active sentence, and then use the object as the subject in the passive sentence. xHealthY “Who made these pictures and why? Did the ancient people make them to use as offerings for the gods? Did the ancient people create them as "direction signs" for visitors from other planets? No one knows but we know one thing: We don't know the reasons for and the methods of construction but the pictures have been preserved for at least 2000- and maybe even 3000- years! 8. Did the gods were being offered? Were they made (by the ancient people) to use as offerings for the gods? Affirmative passive form (simple past):  They were made ... Interrogative passive form (simple past):  Were they made ... ? Negative passive form (simple past): They were not made ... 9. Were they made (by the ancient people) ... ? 10. No one knows, but one thing is known: (passive form, simple present tense) 11. The reasons for and the methods of construction are not known, but ... (passive form, simple present tense, negative) ” Yankee Joined on Sat, Apr 15 2006 Connecticut, USA Veteran Member 6,499 Amy "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain Simple Present, Constructions, Tenses, Negatives, Present Tenses, Simple Past, Past Tenses, Sentences, Simple Tenses, Affirmatives, Passive

	xHealthY  +  678682 Sun, 22 Feb 09 08:50 PM Well you can explain well :). yeah I need to learn to find the Subject , object and verb in the active sentence. I will study all this and try to do my other HW , but can you help me on that too? :P is probably harder. The passive with modals and similar expressions. I will do some. Will try. 1. (active ) They may construct some new airports on islands.      (passive) ___ Some new airports on islands may be constructed by them. 2. (active )    (passive) Passenger facilities might be put on decks under the runways 3. (active ) They could save a lot of space that way.   (passive ) That way a lot of space could be saved. 4. (active ) The Japanese had to build an island airport in Osaka bay.    (passive) An island airport had to be build in Osaka Bay by the Japanese. 5.(active) at the old airport , they couldn't handle all the air traffic.  (passive ) at the old airport , The air traffic couldn't  be handled. 6. (active )They had to move huge amounts of earth from nearby mountains. (passive ) A huge amounts of earth had to be moved from nearby mountains 7. ( active ) Hong Kong's island airport will impress international visitors. (passive)  International visitors will be impressed by Hong Kong's island airport. 8. (active)   The travelers easily can  reach the airport  (Passive) The airport can be reached easily by travelers. 9. ( active ) Before, they could reach Lantau only by ferry. (passive) Before, Lantau could be reached. xHealthY Modals, Sentences, Asia

	Yankee  +  678716 Sun, 22 Feb 09 09:55 PM Using modals in passive sentences is actually quite easy, and you've already done a number of your sentences correctly. Look at this: ACTIVE:  Someone will send the information. The active verb form is will send.  That is modal + infinitive To make the passive, you use this format: modal + be + past participle: PASSIVE:  The information will be sent. In the passive sentences you didn't do, I've given you the words you should use as the subject of the passive sentence, and in the active sentence I have highlighted the main verb.  The rest should now be a piece of cake for you to do. xHealthY “ 1. (active ) They may construct some new airports on islands.      (passive) Some new airports ” xHealthY “ 3. (active ) They could save a lot of space that way.   (passive ) A lot of space ” xHealthY “5.(active) at the old airport , they couldn't handle all the air traffic.  (passive ) All the air traffic (I think this will be a rather awkward passive sentence) ” xHealthY “6. (active )They had to move huge amounts of earth from nearby mountains. (passive ) Huge amounts of earth ” xHealthY “7. ( active ) Hong Kong's island airport will impress international visitors. (passive)  International visitors ” xHealthY “9. ( active ) Before, they could reach Lantau only by ferry. (passive) Lantau ” You have an error in passive sentence 4. You need to use the past participle:  built Yankee Modals, Writing, Sentences, Asia, Mistakes, Passive

	Yankee  +  680147 Wed, 25 Feb 09 11:19 PM Anonymous “"I want to write a letter."” Out of curiosity, Anon, why would you want to make that sentence passive?  And why didn't you try to form a passive sentence with the verb "want"?  I bet you had a good reason. Yankee Writing, Sentences, Letters, Passive