The duckling hatched out the egg / out of the egg. The duckling hatched out of the egg. The duckling hatched from the egg. P/s: We can use "active " and "passive" sentence for the word "hatched"?

I'm no grammarian, but my thinking on this is that that the term "transitive" does not disappear when a verb is used in the passive. In fact, as I'm sure you know, we're often reminded that intransitive verbs may not be used

I'm no grammarian, but my thinking on this is that that the term "transitive" does not disappear when a verb is used in the passive. In fact, as I'm sure you know, we're often reminded that intransitive verbs may not be used

One thing can not change. They are passive sentences. Hi Goodman. Don't you agree that replacing an adjective derived from a transitive verb with one which is not, makes a sentence clearly in active voice? (That is, since intransitive verbs

Hi, There are two way to approach this kind of questions; There is no boubt these are passive sentences. But some people considered "injured" a past particple used as adjective to mean " they are seriously hurt..(in the accident)

Hi Kooyeen "The girls were seen swimming in the pool a few hours before they were found killed in the attic" This thread deals with transformations. You did not provide us with an active version of that sentence. Why not? You've now

The sentence "Bill saw the girls swimming in the pool" is a perfect example of a sentence that simply should NOT be transformed to a passive sentence at all. Yo Amy, does "The girls were seen swimming in the pool a few hours before

Hi A What I wanted to know about transformations was how the exercise writers felt / feel about the learner's choices between a good sentence and a good transformation. In my opinion, exercises for transforming active sentences into passive

Hi How do I improve my way of writing a sentence? I seem to be moving the arrangement of the subject and verb in all my sentences untill I am confused where I should them correct. If I keep using 'the', 'this' and the subject then

You are right! The passive voice of a verb uses the verb "be" as the auxilliary (helping) verb, and the past participle of the main verb. The object of the verb becomes the subject in a passive sentence. The subject (if stated) is used