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Question
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - cleaned my bicycle.
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Solution
Passive - My bicycle has been cleaned by me.
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