Passive voice formed by placing "to be" in same tense as active verb. Subject becomes passive agent, often omitted unless important. Agent mentioned using "by" and placed at end of clause
Common variations include "How's it going?", "What's up?", "How've you been?". "How are you?" is slightly more formal than "How are you doing?". Different questions require specific responses to avoid awkwardness
Grammar is an ancient field studied by Plato 2,400 years ago. Book provides basic instruction in eight parts of speech. Marginal notes help reinforce existing skills
Worksheets cover passive voice with different tenses and modal verbs. Exercises include present, past, future, present perfect, and present progressive. Exercises involve identifying active and passive sentences. Exercises include completing sentences with passive voice
Tim started a master's degree while returning to Canada. Rachel stopped smoking four years ago and started smoking again. Sonny walked around the block after heart attack. I wore a brace on my teeth as a child
Sentences can be declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative. Basic sentence elements include subject, verb, object, complement, adjective, adverb, preposition, and conjunction. Nouns can be plural, noun phrases, determiners, numbers, suffixes, prefixes, or abbreviations