Change the following sentence from active to passive voice.

i)The storm levelled three buildings.

ii)Tom scored the winning goal.

iii)Anne returned my book to the library.

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i)The three buldings were levelled by the storm.

ii)The winning goal was scored by Tom.

iii)My book was returned to the library by Anne.

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marto answered the question on September 30, 2017 at 07:51

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