Transitive verbs are verbs that have subjects or objects that receive the action. They are either active voice or passive voice.
Transitive active verbs are the verbs in sentences with a direct object. The subject is the doer and the direct object is the receiver of the action.
Example:
The boy kicked the ball.
Transitive passive verbs have the subject receiving the action with the doer in a prepositional phrase or omitted in the sentence. The verb in the transitive passive voice always has is, am, are, was,
were, be, being, or been as an auxiliary or helping verb.
Examples:
The ball was kicked by the boy.
The ball was kicked hard.
Transitive active sentences can be changed to transitive passive sentences by making the direct object the subject and putting the subject either in a
prepositional phrase or omitting it.
Example:
The daughter kissed her mother on the cheek.
The mother was kissed on the cheek by her daughter.
The mother was kissed on the cheek.
(Mother is the receiver of the action in all three sentences, but in the last two sentences mother is the subject of the sentences.)
Instructions: Transform the following transitive passive sentences into transitive
active sentences by making the old subject the direct object and adding a new subject.
1. The music was practiced every day.
2. The homecoming parade has been delayed.
3. The entries must be mailed by tomorrow.
4. A solution to the problem had been sought everywhere.
5. The quilt was finally finished.
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Answers:
1. She practiced the music everyday.
2. The accident delayed the homecoming parade.
3. You must mail the entries by tomorrow.
4. They sought a solution to the problem everywhere.
5. The women finally finished the quilt.
Note: Your answers may vary somewhat from mine.
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