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Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

 

Active and Passive Voice


(e.g) We are eating the food. (Present Continous Tense)

The food is being eaten by us. 


(e.g) We were eating the food. (Past Continuous Tense)

    The food was being eaten by us. 


(e.g) We eat the food. (Present Tense)

The food is eaten by us. 


(e.g) We ate the food. (Past Tense)

The food was eaten by us. 


Write the tense at the end of the sentence and then rewrite in the passive voice. 

1. The fast athlete is winning the race. 

2. We understood the work.

3. The TV is showing cartoons. 

4. The driver carefully controlled the large bus. 

5. The students were doing an outstanding job. 

6. My mother was creating a large fruit basket. 

7. The carpenter built a tall wardrobe. 

8. The police arrested the noisy men. 

9. We are listening to our favourite music. 

10. I was buying a Mario Kart game. 


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Jazier and Dominic: 

1. The cash price of a furniture set is $6000. A deposit of 30% is made. 

a. Calculate the deposit. 

b. How much money is left to be paid?


2. I must make a deposit of 40% on an item that costs $540. 

a. Calculate the deposit. 

b. How much money is left to be paid?


3. My gaming system costs $650 cash. My mother makes a 60% deposit. 

a. Calculate the deposit. 

b. How much money is left to be paid?


4. A model car is priced at $780.  You must make a deposit of 40%. 

a. Calculate the deposit. 

b. How much money is left to be paid?


5. An item costs $5000 cash. You can make a deposit of 80%. 

a. Calculate the deposit. 

b. How much money is left to be paid?


6. The deposit on an item is 60%. Calculate how much is left to be paid if the item originally costs $380. 


Javonte


1. The cash price of an item is $160. It can be bought by making a 10% deposit followed by 5  monthly payments of $45. 

a. Calculate the deposit

b. Calculate the total monthly installments

c. Calculate the total HP price. 



2. The cash price of an item is $600. It can be bought by making a 10% deposit followed by 8  monthly payments of $90. 

a. Calculate the deposit

b. Calculate the total monthly installments

c. Calculate the total HP price. 




3.  The cash price of an item is $500. It can be bought by making a 10% deposit followed by 9 monthly payments of $65.

a. Calculate the deposit

b. Calculate the total monthly installments

c. Calculate the total HP price. 


4. A refrigerator costs $500 cash. You can make a downpayment of 10% followed by 8 monthly payments of $80. 

a. Calculate the deposit

b. Calculate the total monthly installments

c. Calculate the total HP price. 


5. A tablet costs $3200 cash. You can make a downpayment of 10% followed by 8 monthly payments of $450. 

a. Calculate the deposit

b. Calculate the total monthly installments

c. Calculate the total HP price. 


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