Why do you think it was necessary to have the candles, lamps and matches?

A sentence can also be changed from the passive voice to the active voice. To do this

a. Identify the subject and the object. b. Find the verb and underline it. State the tense of the verb

c. Subject and object exchange places. d. The verb in the active voice must agree with the new subject and must be the simple future tense. e. Take out the words be and by which were used to form the passive voice.

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Now rewrite these sentences in the active voice. 1. The paper will be printed by Mary.

__________________________________________________________________________ . 2. All glass bottles will be banned by the promoter of the fete.

__________________________________________________________________________ . 3. Since it is raining, his sons will be picked up by him.

__________________________________________________________________________ . 4. The baby’s hair will be washed by me.

__________________________________________________________________________ . 5. Ten VIP tickets for the concert will be purchased by them.

6. A song for the calypso competition will be composed by the children.

7. Before the start of the test, all charts will be flipped by the teachers.

8. All electronic devices will be delivered to the school by a courier.