Week 8: Active and Passive Voice

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

I love you.

• active

• passive

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

We beat the Defenders in soccer.

• active

• passive

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

The Defenders were beaten in their soccer tournament.

• passive

• active

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

Jack will take Melissa to the prom.

• active

• passive

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

The results of the 5K were published in the newspaper.

• passive

• active

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

A kind teacher was found to be a determining factor in student success.

• passive

• active

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

We were told not to touch anything at the museum.

• active

• passive

Label the following sentence as active or passive in relationship to their verb usage:

I am on my way to your house.

• active

• passive

Label the following underlined verb as action, helping, or linking verb:

Nico is texting his girlfriend.

• action

• helping

• linking

Label the following underlined verb as action, helping, or linking verb:

Charles was a student at University of Colorado.

• action

• helping

• linking