The document discusses active and passive voice, providing examples of how the subject and focus changes between the two. It notes that in active voice, the subject is important, while in passive voice, the subject is not important or unknown. Examples are given of changing sentences from active to passive voice, including filling in blanks of sentences changed to passive voice.

2.  ACTIVE: THE SUBJECT IT IS IMPORTANT:
 Luis stole my bicycle.
 PASSIVE VOICE: THE SUBJECT IT IS NOT
IMPORTANT.
 My bicycle was stolen (by Luis).

3.  Columbus discovered America.
 America was discovered by Columbus.

4. Object + was/were + verb past participle+ by+
agent/subject
America was discovered by
Columbus.
TIP:
Was: singular
Were: plural

5. INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
EAT ATE EATEN
DESTROYED DESTROYED DESTROYED
STEAL STOLE STOLEN
THE LAST CAKE WAS EATEN BY JOSEPH.
JAPAN WAS DESTROYED BY THE TSUNAMI.
THE CAR WAS STOLEN BY THE THIEF.

6.  She sang a song.
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 Somebody hit me.
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 We stopped the bus.
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 A thief stole my car.
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7.  They left him go.
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 She won the prize.
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 They made their beds.
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 I told them.
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8.  Etienne Lenoir made the first motor car in
Belgium.
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 I painted that picture.
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 Lennon and McCartney wrote the song
Yesterday.
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