passive-voice-past-error-correction-and-scaffolding-techniques-tips-a_4650.pptx

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1. Passive Voice INVENTIONS Prof. Laura García

2. Henry Ford invented the Model T car . Model T car was invented by Henry Ford.

3. What is the rule? Active Someone does something . Henry Ford built the car. Passive Something is done by someone . Be The car was built by Ford.

4. Be Ford will produce the Fiesta car again . Fiesta will be produced again . Be Ford has made Ford Eco Sport for 10 years . Eco sport has been made for 10 years .

5. Alfred Nobel dynamite Dynamite was discovered by Alfred Nobel.

6. Thomas Edison The light bulb The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.

7. The telephone was invented by Graham Bell.

8. Alan Turing The computer was invented by Alan Turing .

9. America was discovered by Christopher Colombus .

10. Radioactivity was discovered by Marie Curie.

11. The bicycle was first designed by John Kempt Starley from England .

12. The Sewing machine was invent ed by Elias Hower Jr.

13. The Ferrari 250 GTO  is often considered  to be one of the top sports cars of all time. It  was built  for racing in the early 1960s and at that time, would have cost $18,000 – well over $100,000 by today’s standards if inflation  is taken  into account. Potential buyers had to be personally approved  by Enzo Ferrari himself. Only 39 models  were made.

14. Prof. Laura García The end