11° grade activity

Sentences in Active and Passive Voice

Here are examples of sentences written in both the active voice and the passive voice, with the active voice sentence appearing first:

1. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. (active)
2. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry. (passive)
3. Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah. (active)
4. The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes. (passive)
5. Sue changed the flat tire. (active)
6. The flat tire was changed by Sue. (passive)
7. We are going to watch a movie tonight. (active)
8. A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. (passive)
9. I ran the obstacle course in record time. (active)
10. The obstacle course was run by me in record time. (passive)
11. The crew paved the entire stretch of highway. (active)
12. The entire stretch of highway was paved by the crew. (passive)
13. Mom read the novel in one day. (active)
14. The novel was read by Mom in one day. (passive)
15. The critic wrote a scathing review. (active)
16. A scathing review was written by the critic. (passive)
17. I will clean the house every Saturday. (active)
18. The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday. (passive)
19. The staff is required to watch a safety video every year. (active)
20. A safety video will be watched by the staff every year. (passive)
21. She faxed her application for a new job. (active)
22. The application for a new job was faxed by her. (passive)
23. Tom painted the entire house. (active)
24. The entire house was planted by Tom. (passive)
25. The teacher always answers the students’ questions. (active)

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