how should I form these sentences in the passive? Flight BA 783 departs from Gate 98 at 6.30 PM They've given the twins a kitten for their birthday There seems to be 2 answers to this question Johnny pretends to like classical music to impress his friends They say China is the world's fastest growing economy The local authorities refused to give us any assistance

16 Mar 08:29 PM

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English (US)

1) [has no passive form because “departs” is intransitive]
2) The twins were given a kitten for their birthday
3) [has no passive because “seems to be” is a copula]
4) Johnny pretends classical music is liked by him to impress his friends
5) China is said to be the world’s fastest growing economy
6) Any assistance was refused to us by the local authorities / We were refused any assistance from the local authorities

acalorado

16 Mar 07:15 PM

Romanian

The twins were given a kitten for their birthday.
We were refused any assistance by the local authorities.
These other sentences cannot be turned into passive-voice constructions.

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jimpjorps

16 Mar 08:29 PM

English (US)

1) [has no passive form because “departs” is intransitive]
2) The twins were given a kitten for their birthday
3) [has no passive because “seems to be” is a copula]
4) Johnny pretends classical music is liked by him to impress his friends
5) China is said to be the world’s fastest growing economy
6) Any assistance was refused to us by the local authorities / We were refused any assistance from the local authorities

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