Passive -> Active
Change to active voice:
The book was read by the librarian.
What is
The librarian read the book.
Change to passive voice:
The dog stole the food yesterday.
The food WAS STOLEN yesterday BY the dog
Change to active voice
The books were changed by Sue.
Sue changed the books
Active Voice occurs when the subject does the action and the direct object receives it.
True or False?
True
Change to active voice:
Many items were sold by the students at the garage sale.
The students SOLD many items at the garage sale.
Change to passive voice:
Everyone at the school knows Mr. Valdez.
What is
Mr. Valdez is known by everyone at the school.
Active or passive voice?
Mom reads the novel in one day.
active voice
Create a sentence in PRESENT passive voice using the following words:
Tom, the house, paint
What is
The house is painted by Tom.
Change to active voice:
Seven people were killed in a multi-car accident.
A multi-car accident killed seven people.
Change to passive voice:
I sing the intro song to Aladdin.
The intro song to Aladdin is sung by me.
Is this sentence in Active or passive voice?
The teacher always answers the students’ questions.
active voice
Near the end of a passive sentence, the original actor doing the action is typically brought in using this type of prepositional phrase.
Answer: by
Example: A story will be written by her.