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Rachid84b
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Hi all,
Hope you are all doing well.Would you mind changing this sentence from active into passive form using all the words?
"he helped his parents do their homework"
start with : their homework....................
thx in advance |
12 Sep 2014
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f.sonego
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Would be "his parents were helped to do their homework by him"? |
12 Sep 2014
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JOHNPALMER
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Their homework was done by his parents with his help
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13 Sep 2014
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jannabanna
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Just a question: Why would his parents be doing homework? Isn �t there a mistake in the first sentence?
If not then I would put: Their homework was done with the help of their son. As a native speaker I don �t see how you can use ALL the words in the active sentence. It just doesn �t sound right.
What do other natives think?
Janet
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13 Sep 2014
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cunliffe
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The same occurred to me, Janet. It �s more likely that the parents helped the son with his homework. I think sometimes people attending advanced English classes are given these exercises to see if they can manipulate the language. I wonder if I �m right? |
13 Sep 2014
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yoke74
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Could it be: Their homework was helped being done by him. �Their � substitutes �parents � in the passive. |
13 Sep 2014
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medderraz
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Si Rachid, what about this : "Their homework was done by them (i,e. the parents) with the help of their son" . As for the active sentence "correctness" , there is here a cultural point, Janet & cunliffe, which relates t o the problem of illitracy in some countries( like Morocco) , in this case , we may find illitrate parents attending Literacy classes, & therefore doing homework with the help of their son or children who are already literate ! |
13 Sep 2014
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cunliffe
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@medderaz - Oh, of course. Thank you for this answer. I should have realised this as many of �my � parents are like this and in fact I �m trying to set up a class for parents.
This has reminded me of that riddle that challenges cultural stereotypes... the one where the victim�s mother turns out to be the surgeon who operates on him. |
14 Sep 2014
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Peter Hardy
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I have seen many a parent do their kids (school) homework, too. But it is possible the word �homework � refers to household chores? It would be in my native tongue. A such, "The homework was done by his parents with his help" might sound alright either way. As footnote, I never liked giving homework. Instead I instructed my students to clean their room before their parents asked them to do so. Cheers.
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14 Sep 2014
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Rachid84b
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thank you all,
I �m so sorry, I made a mistake in the sentence. It �s "housework" not "homework".
Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrry again |
14 Sep 2014
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jannabanna
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Ah! That �s more like it! Easier to understand now!
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14 Sep 2014
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