Active Voice and Passive Voice

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

A boy has returned the stolen book.

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

The maid cleans the room every day.

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

HR staff will create an orientation video.

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

The thief was carrying the safe down the stairs.

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

Is the principal helping the students?

Change the sentence to the passive voice. Pay attention to the tense being used.

The police took away the evidence.

The passive voice is most often used when it is not known or not important to know exactly who performs an action.

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If the speaker knows who performs an action, the active voice is preferred.

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Choose the sentence that is considered more appropriate:

• My first visit to Boston shall always be remembered by me.

• I shall always remember my first visit to Boston.

• My first visit to Boston shall always be remembered.

Both transitive and intransitive verbs can be used in the passive voice.

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