The document provides vocabulary definitions and exercises to practice changing sentences between active and passive voice, including changing verb tenses. Examples are given of sentences written in active and passive voice in different tenses such as simple past, future, present perfect, and future. The exercises focus on changing active voice sentences about jury selection and court procedures to passive voice.

1. Vocabulary for the Reading on
Pages 416-417

2. The Constitution is the important
law of the United States. It was
written at the time U.S.
Independence, 1787. I has not been
changed very often—so far only 27
ammendments (or changes).

5. consider (v.) = think about or have
an opinion
guilty (adj.) = did something bad
trial = the even that takes place in a
courtroom, when the jury decides if
a person is a guilty or not and then
the judge decides what will happen
to the person if he or she is guilty

6. open-minded (adj.) = not having
any prejudice, open to thinking
about any idea. You haven’t already
decided.
The jurors cannot be on the jury if
they have already decided if the
person is guilty before the trial
begins.

7. When a person is charged with a
crime, he is considered innocent
until the jury decides he is guilty.
(passive voice)

8. Who charges the person with the
crime?
Usually the police, or a prosecuting
attorney.
In the passive I’m not saying who,
because everybody knows that.

9. Who considers the person innocent
until proven guilty?
Everybody– I use the passive voice
because the there is no one subject.
Everybody is the subject.

10. Many people are called to the
courthouse.
Who calls them?
Somebody who works for the court.
I use passive because I don’t know
exactly who, and it isn’t very
important.

11. Exercise 1 on Page 418: Which
sentences are active? Which are
passive?

12. 1. active (simple past)
2. active (simple past)
3. passive (simple past)
4. passive (future tense)
5. passive (simple past)
6. active (simple past)
7. passive (present perfect)
8. passive (future)
9. active (present)
10. active (simple present)

13. Exercise 2, Page 419

14. 1. They will choose him.
a) Make the object into the subject:
He

15. 1. They will choose him.
b) Put the verb “to be” into the
right verb tense.
He will be

16. 1. They will choose him.
c) Add the past participle of the
main verb.
He will be chosen.

17. 2. They always choose you.
a) Make the subject into the object:
You

18. 2. They always choose you.
b) Put the verb “to be” into the
right verb tense:
You are

19. 2. They always choose you.
c) Add the past participle:
You are always chosen.

20. 3. They can’t choose them.
They can’t be chosen.

21. 4. They have never chosen us.
We have never been chosen.

22. 5. They didn’t choose me.
I wasn’t chosen.

23. 6. They shouldn’t choose her.
She shouldn’t be chosen.

24. Exercise 3, Page 420
(present tense)
1. Only people over 18 years old are
selected for jury duty.
2. Questionnaires are sent to
American citizens.

25. Exercise 4, Page 420
(past tense)
1. I was told to go to the
courthouse on Fifth Street.
2. My name was called.

26. Exercise 5, Page 421
(present perfect tense)
1. Many articles have been written
about the courts.
2. Many movies have been made
about the courts.

27. Exercise 6, Page 421
(future tense)
1. You will be told to stand up when
the judge enters the room.
2. Each of you will be asked a lot of
questions.

28. Exercise 7, Page 422
Change active to passive: Be careful
to use the same tense:

29. 1. The lawyers asked a lot of
questions. The questions were
asked in order to find facts.

30. 2. The court will pay us. We will be
paid $20 a day.