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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 - dusted the living room.
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Solution
Passive - The living room has been dusted by me.
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