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Order the steps: turn an active sentence passive

Exercise and reference answers

Steps
  1. Find the subject, the verb and the object
  2. Move the object to the front to become the new subject
  3. Change the verb to its passive form with the right tense
  4. Attach the old subject as the agent, using 'by'
  5. Drop the agent entirely if it does not matter

Explanation

The object moves to the front and the agent becomes optional. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), sections 209-211.
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