The Monkey and
Crocodile
One day there was a monkey. He wanted to cross a river.
There he saw a crocodile so he asked the crocodile to take him across the other
side of the river. The crocodile agree and told the monkey to jump on its back.
Then the crocodile swam down the river with the monkey on his top.
Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”
Unluckily, the crocodile was very hungry, he stopped in the middle of the river and said to the monkey, “My father is very sick. He has to eat the heart of the monkey. So he will be healthy again.”
At the time, the monkey was in dangerous situation and he had to think hard. Then he had a good idea. He told the crocodile to swim back to the river bank. “What’s for?” asked the crocodile. “Because I don’t bring my heart,” said the monkey. “I left it under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank.”
The crocodile agreed and turned around. He swam back to the bank of the river. As soon as they reached the river bank, the monkey jumped off the crocodile’s back. Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.
“Where is your heart?” asked the crocodile. “You are foolish,” said the monkey to the crocodile. “Now I am free and I have my heart”.
Change a few sentences from The Monkey and Crocodile story to passive /
active voice
Active
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Passive
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Tenses
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He wanted to cross a river
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The river was
wanted to cross by him
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Simple Past Tense
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The crocodile agree and told the monkey to
jump on its back
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The monkey is
agreed and told the crocodile to jump on its back
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Simple Present
Tense
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Then the crocodile swam down the river with
the monkey on his top
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Then the river
was swum down by a crocodile with a monkey on his top
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Simple Past
Tense
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Then he had a good idea
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Then a good idea
had been by him
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Past Perfect Tense |
He told the crocodile to swim back to the
river bank
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The crocodile was
told by him to swim back to the river bank
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Simple Present Tense |
“I left it under a tree, near some coconuts
in the river bank.”
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It was left by me
under a tree, near some coconuts in the river bank
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Simple Past Tense
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As soon as they reached the river bank
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As soon as the
river bank was reached by them
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Simple Past Tense
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Then he climbed up to the top of a tree.
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The top of a tree
was climbed up by him
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Simple Past Tense
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