ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

I ate a piece of chocolate cake.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

The movie is being made in Hollywood.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

Which sentence is in active voice?

• The boy was brought to the nurse's office.

• The boy was told to wait for the nurse.

• The principal saw the boy pulling on his loose tooth.

• The loose tooth was pulled out.

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.

• The difficult sonata played the talented pianist.

• The difficult pianist was played by the talented sonata.

• The talented pianist played the difficult sonata.

• No change. It is already in active voice.

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 Tigers was scored by Sean.

• The game was won by Sean, who scored the last goal for the Tigers.

• Sean scored the winning goal for the Tigers.

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

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

They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.

• was being interviewed

• was interviewed

• has been interviewed

The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.

This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.

• has been brought up

• is brought up

• was brought up

The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.

• has been destroyed

• was being destroyed

• is destroyed

She would reject the offer.

The offer ________________ by her.

• will have been rejected

• would be rejected

• will be rejected

Which of the following sentences is NOT written in active voice?

• Many scientists are studying the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.

• Experiments were conducted by scientists on Lake Winnipeg, Canada.

• Scientists have questioned some reports about the monster.