| Task | Transfer this Active Voice sentence into the Passive one: French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue of Liberty. |
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| Answer | 4 |
| a | The statue of Liberty has been designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. |
| b | The statue of Liberty designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. |
| c | French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was designed by the statue of Liberty. |
| d | The statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. |
| comment | In this sentence the action took place at in the past, so we use the Past Simple Passive: was/were + Past Participle. Answer 3 is illogical because the statue of Liberty cannot be the doer of an action. |
| topic | passive voice |
| level | 2 |
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