Active and Passive Voice

Which sentence is in the passive voice?

• Joe made the tea.

• The tea was made by Joe.

The workers are paid on Fridays.

• Active

• Passive

Which sentence is in the active voice?

• Joey was brought to the nurse's office.

• Joey was told to wait for the nurse.

• The teacher saw Joey pulling on his loose tooth.

• The loose tooth was pulled out.

All humans are equal.

• Active

• Passive

My Chromebook ate my paper.

• Active

• Passive

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? 

The winning goal for the Bulldogs was scored by Landon.

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  The game was won by Landon, who scored the last goal for the Bulldogs.

• Landon scored the winning goal for the Bulldogs.

• The last goal for the Bulldogs was scored by Landon, which led to their win.

• No change. It is already in the active voice.

The film is being made in Kentucky.

• Active

• Passive

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? 

The difficult sonata was played by the talented pianist Annette..

• The difficult sonata played the talented pianist Annette.

• The difficult pianist Annette was played by the talented sonata.

• The talented pianist Annette played the difficult sonata.

• No change. It is already in active voice.

Which sentence is in the active voice?

• Susan sang a sweet tune.

• The sweet tune was sung by Susan.

Which sentence is written in the ACTIVE voice?

• Maria eats in the cafeteria.

• The cafeteria is cleaned.

• The cafeteria was cleaned by Maria.

• Maria ate in the cafeteria yesterday.