Active To Passive
Amy shared an engaging presentation.
An engaging presentation was shared by Amy.
The car was repaired by Sam.
Sam repaired the car.
The passive voice is used if you don't know who preformed the action descried in the sentence.
Correct.
"Timothy has helped his colleague." This is written in active voice.
True.
Once a week, John collects reports from the team.
Once a week, reports from the teams are collected by John.
Right now, an e-mail is being written by Sarah.
Right now, Sarah is writing an e-mail.
Using passive voice is not useful when you want to convey politeness.
Incorrect.
"Sam's application was accepted by the bank." This is written in active voice.
False.
The team had completed the project before the deadline.
The project had been completed by the team before the deadline.
A challenging project is going to be finished by Sally tonight.
Sally is going to finish a challenging project tonight.
Passive voice is rarely used with state verbs.
Corect: Passive voice is rarely used with state verbs, as they often describe conditions or situations that don't involve action.
"Daniel was strongly encouraged to confess his crime." This is in passive voice.
True.
The famous artist will have been painting the mural for over six months by the time it is finished.
The mural will have been being painted by the famous artist for over six months by the time it is finished.
Michelle is very sad because of the recent events that have taken place in school.
The recent events that have taken place in school made Michelle very sad.
"The old man died". Can be put into passive voice form.
Incorrect: It cannot be changed to passive voice because the verb "died" is intransitive and doesn’t have an object. Passive sentences need an object to work.
"Brandon made fun of Josh while everyone was having lunch." This is is passive voice.
False.