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Passive or Active Voice
Subject placement
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Change Passive to Active
active and passive verbs
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Passive or active? The action is being DONE TO the subject.
Passive
100
In active voice, does the sentence usually start with the subject?
Yes, in active voice, the subject does the action and is usually at the beginning of the sentence.
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Changing from Passive to Active Voice, what phrase should move to the front of the sentence? A raccoon was being chased by the runaway truck.
"The runaway truck"
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change this passive sentence to an active sentence. A new project was presented by the teacher.
The teacher present a new project.
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Bill presented the project for the group. what is the active verb that is presented in this sentence?
presented
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Passive or Active? The noun that is performing the action is usually preceded by the word "by".
Passive
200
In passive voice, is the subject usually at the start of the sentence or near the end of sentence.
In passive voice, the subject is usually near the end of the sentence.
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Changing from Passive to Active Voice, what phrase should move to the back of the sentence? The runaway truck had been run off the road by the alien space ship.
"The runaway truck".
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Change this sentence from passive voice to active voice: The dog's bone was stolen by the big nasty cat.
The big nasty cat stole the dog's bone.
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The clouds were blown through the sky by the frightful wind. what is the passive verb phrase that is presented in this sentence?
were blown
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Passive or Active? The subject is doing the action.
Active
300
What is the subject of the sentence? Students were given directions by their teacher.
"Their teacher" is the subject.
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To make this sentence active voice, how should the new sentence start? (include the verb) The innocent gargoyle's party plans were destroyed by the evil monster.
The evil monster destroyed
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Change this sentence from passive voice to active voice: The keys, hanging on the peg for days, had not been found by the groundskeeper.
The groundskeeper had not found the keys that were hanging on the peg for days.
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what is the passive verb that is in this sentence? The horses were led into the corral.
were led
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Passive or Active? was covered by
passive
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What is the subject? Make sure you think about your answers, ladies.
"You" is the subject. "Ladies" refers to "you"; if "ladies was not in the sentence, the subject would still be, "you."
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To make this sentence active voice, how should the new sentence start? (include the modifier and verb) All the answers given out by the cheating students had been changed by the teachers who caught the cheaters.
"The teachers who caught the cheaters changed"
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Change this sentence from passive voice to active voice: The moon was jumped over by the cat and the fiddle, and was totally flustered by the jumping.
The cat and fiddle jumped over the moon, which totally flustered him.
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Good and bad witches were being tossed to and fro when the tornado ransacked the small town of Munchkin. what is the passive verb phrase that is presented in this sentence?
were being tossed
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Explain passive voice
Shows that the subject is having an action performed on it. or The subject doesn't perform the action when the subject is acted upon. AND It has to have a form of "be" in front of a past participle.
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What word will precede the subject almost all the time in a sentence written in passive voice?
"By"
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To make this sentence active voice, how should the new sentence start? (include the verb) Gorgonzola, the last underworld princess of the Pittlepots, had been seen painting the lusterless caves, by the watching tower guards in the depths of the caverns.
"The watching tower guards in the depths of the caverns had seen"
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Change this sentence from passive voice to active voice: A scrumptious meal had been served by the articulate servants who were accompanied by the cutest little white mice.
The servants, accompanied by the cutest little white mice, had served a scrumptious meal.
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The green dragon with purple dots and orange squares had made it clear he was not happy with the design of his armor. what is the active verb phrase that is presented in this sentence?
had made