Soru:
Rewrite the following sentence in the passive voice.
"People are cutting down vast areas of rainforest for agriculture and timber."
Çözüm:
💡 This question focuses on grammar (passive voice) within an environmental context. The passive voice is formed using the verb 'to be' + past participle.
- ➡️ Step 1: Identify the subject, verb, and object in the active sentence.
- Subject: People
- Verb: are cutting down
- Object: vast areas of rainforest
- ➡️ Step 2: To make it passive, the object becomes the subject. So, the new subject is "Vast areas of rainforest".
- ➡️ Step 3: Use the correct form of 'to be' (same tense as the main verb in active voice) + the past participle of the main verb. The main verb is "are cutting down" (present continuous). The passive form will also be in the present continuous: are being + cut down (past participle).
- ➡️ Step 4: The agent ("by people") is often omitted in passive voice when it is obvious or unimportant.
✅ Answer: "Vast areas of rainforest are being cut down for agriculture and timber."
