it helps to explain passive voice

1. Unit 9 Active or passive 3/31/2009 English teacher: Claudia Rodriguez Rosas

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4. The golden Gate in san /Francisco The Pisa tower (Italy) The pyramid of Louvre/ France) Hampton Court Palace /London It was made of

5. The Eiffel Tower was built for the International Exhibition of Paris of 1889 commemorating the centenary of the French Revolution. .The tower was met with much criticism from the public when it was built, with many calling it an eyesore. Newspapers of the day were filled with angry letters from the arts community of Paris. It is the most visited pay monument. The Eiffel Tower has an antenna is 24 m, the structure is 324 m highs

6. The Colosseum today is now a major tourist attraction in Rome with thousands of tourists each year paying to view the interior arena, though entrance for EU citizens is partially subsidised, and under-18 and over-65 EU citizens' entrances are free. There is now a museum dedicated to Eros located in the upper floor of the outer wall of the building. It was build in first century BC

7. called; Torre Pendente di Pisa Situated : behind the cathedral Located: italian city of pisa Material: stone, white marble built:1173- 1350 Architect: Bonanno Pisano Located: Paris material: glass, metal Architect: I.M.Pei dedicated: to a power described as the Beast in the Book of Revelation built: 1984 Completed:l989

8. Formation of the Passive Voice (PAST TENSE) The transformation of an active sentence into a passive sentence is a three-step process: 1. Move the object of the active sentence to subject position in the passive sentence. 2. Change the verb to passive form (two parts). 3. Move the subject of the active sentence to object position preceded by the preposition by (optional). Example: