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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” We spent the night at Camp Eight.

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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.

Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

  • We have done it.
    It has been done by us.

We spent the night at Camp Eight.

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The night was spent by us at Camp Eight.

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पाठ 1.2: On To The Summit : We Reach The Top - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ २२]

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पाठ 1.2 On To The Summit : We Reach The Top
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