Passive Voice/help

Passive Voice/help
Message from milasha posted on 03-12-2014 at 19:58:07 (D | E | F)
Good evening.
Can you help me please? Are these sentences correct?
Thank you very much.

1.If you come home late,your mother will be worried.
2.What is needed to get done before we leave?
3.Education is given much help by the government.
4.Yesterday I saw that the prices were brought up.

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Edited by lucile83 on 03-12-2014 20:56
No red on the forum, thank you.

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Re: Passive Voice/help from lucile83, posted on 03-12-2014 at 21:27:55 (D | E)
Hello,

I am afraid the first sentence is not in the passive form
1.If you come home late,your mother will be worried.

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Re: Passive Voice/help from violet91, posted on 04-12-2014 at 12:08:13 (D | E)
Hello
To me ,
3 ) You should turn it other way round : much .....given by ...
4 ) I would use a past perfect passive instead of 'were brought up ' and another verb , anyway .
Have a nice day !

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Re: Passive Voice/help from kilted, posted on 08-12-2014 at 01:13:08 (D | E)
Hi Milasha,
2 sentences need to be corrected: the 1st (first) and 4th(fourth).
1) Your Mother will be worried, if you come home late.
4) Yesterday, I saw the prices have increased.
Hope this helps!

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Re: Passive Voice/help from thepopcornick, posted on 08-12-2014 at 08:50:01 (D | E)
Hello,
There seems to be something wrong with sentence number 2 as well.
Instead of: What is needed to 'get' done...
Try writing: What is needed to 'be' done before we leave? or What needs 'to be' done before we leave?
It would denote a greater use of the English grammar as well as a better understanding of what you are trying to convey.
Have a good day!

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Edited by lucile83 on 08-12-2014 09:24

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