Interchange of active and passive voice

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A sentence in the active form can be changed into the passive form. Similarly a sentence in the passive form can be changed into the active form.

Active: Brutus stabbed Caesar.

• Passive: Caesar was stabbed by Brutus.
• Active: The boy killed the spider.
• Passive: The spider was killed by the boy.
• Active: The teacher punished the boy.
• Passive: The boy was punished by the teacher.
• Active: His behavior vexes me.

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How to form compative adjectives.

Saturday, 16 October 2010 17:16

There are two ways to form compative adjectives, depending on the lenth of the adjective.

Adjectives  with 1 syllable or adjectives with 2 syllables if the adjective ends in -y, then -er is added to the end of the adjective.

Notes:

• Adjectives ending in -y; change the -y to -i and add -er.
• Adjectives that end with a consonant, vowel, consonant - the last consonant is doubled, and -er is added to the end of the adjective.

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Comparative Adjectives

Saturday, 16 October 2010 17:15

Comparative adjectives are used to compare the diffrence between 2 nouns, or a collective nouns.

Note: Superlative adjectives are used to compare 3 or more nouns or collective nouns.

• The black dog is older than the white dog.
• My house is bigger than my sister's house.
• The yellow hat is more expensive than the green hat.

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The Use of Adjectives with Nouns

Saturday, 16 October 2010 17:13

It is very common to use adjectives with nouns. Adjectives are used to describe the noun.

This is common when using 2 nouns together, so one acts as the noun, and one acts as a adjective.

• The big cat is cute.
• The red car is very old.

2 or more adjectives can be used together to decribe a noun.

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