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Write two sentences using the verb fly.In the first sentence, use the word in the active voice; in the second sentence, use it in the passive voice.I like to fly.He flew the plane high.
I enjoy flying over driving. Over driving, I prefer to fly.
Active: I flew over the city. Passive: The plane was seen flying.
Jaquelyn, you seem to be confusing the passive voice with the past tense; both of your sentences use the active voice.Taylor, you turned fly into a gerund and an infinitive; neither is correct.Logan, you used a gerund rather than the passive voice in the second sentence.Here is a possible solution:Active: "I flew the plane to Germany".Passive: "The plane was flown to Germany".
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Write two sentences using the verb fly.
In the first sentence, use the word in the active voice; in the second sentence, use it in the passive voice.
I like to fly.
He flew the plane high.
I enjoy flying over driving.
Over driving, I prefer to fly.
Active: I flew over the city.
Passive: The plane was seen flying.
Jaquelyn, you seem to be confusing the passive voice with the past tense; both of your sentences use the active voice.
Taylor, you turned fly into a gerund and an infinitive; neither is correct.
Logan, you used a gerund rather than the passive voice in the second sentence.
Here is a possible solution:
Active: "I flew the plane to Germany".
Passive: "The plane was flown to Germany".
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