Active and Passive Voice

Which of the following sentences is written in passive voice? 

• Water should be drunk throughout the day as the best way to hydrate your body. 
• Abe drinks water throughout the day because it is the best way to keep the body hydrated. 
• Drinking water throughout the day is the best way to hydrate your body.
• You should drink water throughout the day as it is the best way to keep the body hydrated. 

Which of the following sentences is written in passive voice?

• The sets will have to be designed before they can be made. 
• Kara designed the sets before the crew made them. 
• A teacher designed the sets before the students made them. 
• Before people could make the sets, someone designed them. 

What is the best way to change this sentence from passive voice to active voice? 
The course was being failed by half the students near the end of the school year. 

• The course, near the end of the school year, was by half the students being failed. 
• Failing the course near the end of the school year were half the students. 
• Half the students were failing the course near the end of the school year. 
• Near the end of the school year, the course was being failed by half the students. 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

CCSS.L.2.1F

Which sentence is written in active voice? 

• The students had been held longer by the monitor in study hall. 
• The teachers allow extra credit opportunities to all their students. 
• The progress reports are to be signed by the students' parents. 
• Some students are given trouble by the reading passages that are longest. 

What is the best way to change this sentence from passive voice to active voice?
Denise was given a shot by the kind nurse at her second doctor's appointment. 

• At her second doctor's appointment, Denise was given a shot by the kind nurse.
• Denise was given a shot at her second doctor's appointment by the kind nurse. 
• At her second doctor's appointment, a shot was given to Denise by the kind nurse.
• The kind nurse gave Denise a shot at her second doctor's appointment. 

Which of these corrects the shift of voice in the following sentence?
Everyone feels attached to material things, but hoarders are adversely affected by it. 

• Everyone feels attached to material things, but hoarders are adversely affected.
• An attachment to material things is felt by everyone, but it adversely affects hoarders.
• Everyone feels attached to material things, but it adversely affects hoarders.
• An attachment to material things is felt, but it adversely affects hoarders. 

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

• I miss him a lot since he went to college, but he still calls me every night. 
• He always took us to the hockey rink and showed us professional moves. 
• We were checked upon by our parents who made sure we were on our best behavior. 
• Uncle Sal always told us to straighten up when we got into trouble. 

Identify the sentence that corrects the shift of voice in the following sentence. 
Often, family members interfere with the hoarders, and their time is wasted in attempts to convince the hoarder to get rid of more junk. 

• Often, the hoarders are interfered with by family members, and the hoarders waste their time in attempts to convince the hoarder to get rid of more junk. 
• Often, family members interfere with the hoarders, and they waste time attempting to convince the hoarder to get rid of more junk. 
• Often, family members interfere with the hoarders, and their time is wasted by hoarders in attempts to convince the hoarder to get rid of more junk. 
• Often, the hoarders are interfered with by family members, and they waste time in attempts to convince the hoarder to get rid of more junk. 

Identify the sentence that corrects the shift of voice in the following sentence. 
The police had been looking for the thief for months, and he was finally caught in the act. 

• The police had been looking for the thief for months, and he was finally caught in the act by them. 
• The thief had been sought for months, and the police finally caught him in the act. 
• The police had been looking for the thief for months and finally caught him in the act. 
• The thief had been sought for months by the police, and they finally caught him in the act. 

Choose the sentence that corrects the shift of voice in the following sentence. 
He could not remember if the bathroom door had been locked by him from the inside. 

• He could not remember if he had locked the bathroom door from the inside. 
• He could not remember if the bathroom door was locked from the inside. 
• It could not be remembered if he had locked the bathroom door from the inside. 
• It could not be remembered by him if he had locked the bathroom door from the inside.