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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” I offered the silent prayer in my heart. - English

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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.

Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

  • We have done it.
    It has been done by us.

I offered the silent prayer in my heart.

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उत्तर

A silent prayer was offered in my heart by me.

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पाठ 1.2: On To The Summit : We Reach The Top - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ २२]

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पाठ 1.2 On To The Summit : We Reach The Top
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