This blog is for students taking English 140-189 at Athabasca University.
Active: Avoid touching snakes, they are very dangerous!Passive: The conversation is avoided by my brother.
1. People with claustrophobia should avoid enclosed places.2. Enclosed places should be avoided by people with claustrophobia.
active: Mary avoid traveling on planes during winter times. passive During winter times, mary avoided traveling on planes
Active: Equanimous people don't need to avoid stressful situations.Passive: Their strange house was avoided by most neighbours.
Active:If you follow these steps, you should avoid some mistakes.Passive:Some mistakes should be avoided, if you follow these steps.
Well done, everyone!Cecilia, your first sentence has a verb error. It should be something like "Mary avoids..." or "Mary avoided..." Your second sentence is not in the passive voice -- it is in the past tense (but still has an active voice).
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