Active or Passive 1
Active or Passive 2
Active to Passive
Passive to Active
Miscellaneous
100
Jane washed the dishes.
What is active?
100
Jean broke her arm during a volleyball game.
What is active?
100
John won a trophy.
What is "A trophy was won by John"?
100
That video was seen by the class three times.
What is "The class saw that video three times"?
100
Active or Passive? James ate three containers of watermelon.
What is active?
200
After the game we bought hamburgers for everyone.
What is active.
200
The blouse was washed and ironed by Ruth.
What is passive.
200
Nancy baked the cake.
What is "The cake was baked by Nancy"?
200
Miniature elephants were collected by my sister.
What is "My sister collected miniature elephants"?
200
Active or Passive? The suspected was arrested by the deputy.
What is passive?
300
Several numbers were played by the band.
What is passive?
300
Eleanor loves the Rolling Stones.
What is active?
300
Jill lost the election.
What is "The election was lost by Jill"?
300
My window was broken by the storm.
What is "The storm broke my window"?
300
Active or Passive? His request was denied.
What is passive?
400
Alice broke her pen.
What is active?
400
The money was found under the rug.
What is passive?
400
Colette drew a rose for the contest.
What is "A rose was drawn for the contest by Colette"?
400
My books were returned before class.
What is "[Someone] returned my books before class"?
400
Change to passive voice: I dropped the eggs.
What is "The eggs were dropped by me"?
500
My computer was read by Miss Jones.
What is passive?
500
The officer did nothing about the accident.
What is active?
500
Jenny accomplished nothing during class.
What is "During class, nothing was accomplished by Jenny"?
500
Tennis was played all morning by Jean.
What is "Jean played tennis all morning"?
500
Change to active voice: The boy was bitten by the dog.
What is "The dog bit the boy"?
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