Passive Voice
the three reasons to use passive voice
What is don't know, don't reveal, or emphasis?
tell the active voice verb: We begin practice tomorrow.
What is begin?
change this passive sentence to an active sentence. A new project was presented by the teacher.
What is The teacher presented a new project?
change this active sentence to a passive sentence. Bob edited the paper.
What is The paper is being edited by Bob?
Bill presented the project for the group. tell the active voice verb in this sentence
What is presented?
Tell the passive voice verb phrase. The teachers have waited for the class to begin.
What is have waited?
tell which is the active voice sentence: The girl danced at her dance studio. The dancing was done by the girl.
What is The girl danced at her dance studio?
Change this sentence from passive voice to active voice: Studying was done by the boy in the library.
What is The boy studied in the library?
Change this sentence from active voice to passive voice: The dog barked.
What is Barking was done by the dog?
tell the passive voice verb phrase in this sentence:
The fruits were dried by the machine.
What is were dried?
tell if the verb in this sentence is passive or active: This momentous occasion will be recorded for future generations.
What is passive?
tell if the verb in the sentence is active or passive:
Alexa turned off the hallway light instead of the kitchen light.
What is active?
change this passive sentence to an active one. The cake was made by me.
What is--I made the cake.
Change this sentence from active to passive: I cooked the dinner.
What is The dinner was being cooked by me?
tell the passive voice verb phrase in this sentence? The horses were led into the corral.
What is were led?
tell if the verb in this sentence passive or active: The house was covered with moss.
What is passive?
Which sentence is active voice?
The man won the competition with just seconds to spare.
The hot chili was served by the woman.
What is--The hot chili was served by the woman.
Change passive to active voice. I am informed by Sean about the new schedule.
What is--Sean informed me of the new schedule.
Change this sentence from active to passive: Mr. Ditty was teaching me.
What is I was taught by Mr. Ditty?
tell the active verb in this sentence:
My sister sang to the entire school.
What is sang?
Define a passive voice sentence.
What is--The subject receives the action of the verb?
Define an active voice sentence.
What is--The subject performs the action?
Change this sentence from passive to active: The Plymouth colony was established by the Pilgrims in 1620.
What is The Pilgrims established the Plymouth colony in 1620?
Change this sentence from active to passive: They signed the papers.
What is The papers were signed by them?
tell the active verb in the sentence:
The dog crashed into the fence.
What is crashed?