Goodman wrote: I don’t see how your sentences are not written in passive voice. They are as passive as passive can get. You wrote: I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR

Hi Kag, No, you'd have to say WHO is postponing the trip. The superintendent is assuming that the advisory council will postpone the trip until next Tuesday. The superintendent is assuming that the trip will be postponed until next Tuesday.

Nope, it's passive as well I think the active is: The superintendent is assuming that someone (I'm using a generic subject because there isn't any agent) will postpone the trip ...

If I were to write: The superintendent is assuming that the trip will be postponed until next Tuesday. Would this be active????? Thanks!!!

Kag wrote: The superintendent is assuming that the trip is postponed until next Tuesday. The blue part is.

The superintendent is assuming that the trip is postponed until next Tuesday.

Rex wrote: Un soldat américain a été tué en Iraq hier. The above is a passive sentence in French. I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR Yesterday, an American soldier was

Un soldat américain a été tué en Iraq hier. The above is a passive sentence in French. I would translate the above into English as follows: An American soldier was killed in Iraq yesterday OR Yesterday, an American soldier was killed in Iraq. I

1. He is believed to be good at programming. The above is a passive sentence. What is the best translation of this into active voice? 1. Everybody believes he is good at programming. 2. People believe he is good at programming. You might come with

Active: The officer has captured the subjects. The officer : subject has : auxiliary perfect tense verb in 3rd person singular since officer is a singular noun captured : past participle, needed for the perfect tense the subjects : object of has