PASSIVE

Electricity ..... Edison

• was discovered by
• was invented by
• was designed by
• was based on 

An average of 353,000 babies _______ each day around the world

• are born
• is born
• are borned
• born

Spanish ________ in Colombia

• is spoken
• are spoken
• are speaked
• se habla

Donald Trump _______ the 45th president of The USA

• was elected
• was elect
• is elected
• are elected

The toy koala _________ China 

• was made
• were made
• are made 
• made

The Honda Civic ____________ in Japan 

• was designed 
• are designed 
• was discovered 
• were designed

All the reservations will be made by the wedding planner.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which sentence uses passive voice in order to be more polite?

• The questions were not understood.
• Some people did not understand the questions.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

Which sentences uses passive voice for an unknown or unimportant subject?

• Someone stole my wallet.
• My wallet was stolen.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3