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Week 3: Passive Voice for Medical English -- ANSWERS

How to go from active to passive voice and vice versa.

Active to passive:

The nurse advised the patient to stop smoking.

1. Start sentence with “object”. The patient… 2. Add “be” in same tense as The patient was… main verb. 3. Change main verb to past The patient was advised… participle. 4. Delete or move the subject The patient was advised to stop smoking (by the nurse). to the end of the sentence and add: by+subject. Note: In general, prepositional phrases go at the end (eg. For her, at 3:00pm, at school, in the office, etc.)

Passive to active: 1. Start sentence with the subject (no “by”). 2. Remove the extra, passive “be” verb. 3. Main verb should have the same tense as the “be” verb in passive. 4. Move object to the correct location.

The shin bone was broken (by someone). Someone… Someone was (past simple) … Someone broke…

Someone broke the shin bone.

Practice Exercises: Change the following sentences from passive to active or active to passive. Tip: First start by underlining the main verb, putting a circle around the object and a box around the subject. 1.

The nurse checks the patient’s vital signs every 30 minutes.

The patient’s vital signs are checked every 30 minutes (by the nurse). 2.

The MRI scan detected the torn ligament.

The torn ligament was detected (by the MRI scan). 3.

The physical therapist examined the patient’s leg for injury. The patient’s leg was examined for injury (by the physical therapist).

Week 3: active/passive exercises. Copyright D. Troy Roach

Week 3: Passive Voice for Medical English -- ANSWERS 4. 5. 6. 7. 8 9. 10. 11. 12.

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The GP will examine the wound again next week. The wound will be examined (by the GP) next week. Or; … next week (by the GP). Nurses and physical therapists often have to explain treatments to the patients. Treatments are often explained to the patients (by Nurses and physical therapists) The clerk helped the patient to complete the clinical history form. The patient was helped (by the clerk) to complete the clinical history form. The surgery manager will manage the doctor’s surgery. The doctor’s surgery will be managed (by the surgery manager). Soft shoe insoles minimize pain from nerve damage. Pain from nerve damage is minimized (by soft shoe insoles). The GP has referred the patient who had a heart attack to the cardiologist The patient who had a heart attack has been referred to the cardiologist (by the GP). The plaster cast supports the broken tibia so it can heal. The broken tibia is supported (by the plaster cast) so it can heal. The second blood-test has verified the results. The results have been verified (by the second blood-test). The speaker at the congress has outlined the problems caused by false positives in screenings. The problems caused by false positives have been outlined (by the speaker at the congress). Lab technicians must update the equipment firmware before using it. The equipment firmware must be updated by Lab technicians before using it. Avoiding sugar can reduce your chances of insulin resistance. Your chances of insulin resistance can be reduced by avoiding sugar. The triage nurse evaluated the sprained ankle. It is as a grade II ligament tear. The sprained ankle was evaluated (by the triage nurse). It is as a grade II ligament tear. The podiatrist has found the solution to your ingrown toenail. The solution to your ingrown toenail has been found (by the podiatrist). The neurologist transferred the patient to physical therapy for rehab. The patient was transferred (by the neurologist) to physical therapy for rehab. The dermatologist is looking at the mole for signs of skin cancer. The mole is being looked at (by the dermatologist) for signs of skin cancer. The “Nurse of steel” never sympathized with her patients’ pain. Sympathized = intransitive… no passive form. The physical therapist has assisted the old man in reducing his ailments. The old man has been assisted (by the physical therapist) in reducing his ailments.

More practice:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive + https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive.html

Week 3: active/passive exercises. Copyright D. Troy Roach...