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Declaration Congress Signed July Voice Sentence Passive Past

This card explains the conversion of Active Voice to Passive Voice, stating the structure of the Passive Voice and providing the Past Simple Passive form as 'was/were + Past Participle'.

Bu kart, Etken Cümle'nin Edilgen Cümle'ye dönüştürülmesini açıklar, Edilgen Cümle'nin yapısını belirtir ve Geçmiş Basit Edilgen formunu 'was/were + past participle' olarak verir.

Task Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one: The Congress signed the Declaration on July 4 in 1776.
Answer 4
a The Declaration had signed by the Congress on July 4 in 1776.
b The Congress was signed by the Declaration on July 4 in 1776.
c The Declaration has been signed by the Congress on July 4 in 1776.
d The Declaration was signed by the Congress on July 4 in 1776.
comment In this sentence the action took place at a certain time in the past, so we use the Past Simple Passive: was/were + Past Participle. Answer 2 is illogical because the Declaration cannot be the doer of an action.
topic passive voice
level 2

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