Transforming Active to Passive Voice

Change the sentence to passive: 'The chef cooked a meal.'

• The meal was cooked by a chef.

• A meal was cooked by the chef.

• A meal is cooked by the chef.

• The chef was cooking a meal.

Convert to passive voice: 'The teacher explains the lesson.'

• The lesson is explained by the teacher.

• The teacher explained the lesson.

• The lesson was explained by the teacher.

• The teacher is explaining the lesson.

Rewrite in passive: 'The dog chased the cat.'

• The cat chased the dog.

• The dog is chasing the cat.

• The dog was chased by the cat.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

Transform to passive: 'The committee will announce the results.'

• The committee announced the results.

• The committee will be announcing the results.

• The results will be announced by the committee.

• The results are announced by the committee.

Change to passive voice: 'The artist painted a beautiful mural.'

• The mural was painted beautifully by the artist.

• A beautiful mural is painted by the artist.

• The artist paints a beautiful mural.

• A beautiful mural was painted by the artist.

Convert to passive: 'The students completed the project.'

• The project has been completed by the students.

• The students are completing the project.

• The project was completed by the students.

• The project was finished by the students.

Rewrite in passive: 'The manager will review the report.'

• The report is reviewed by the manager.

• The manager will be reviewing the report.

• The report will be reviewed by the manager.

• The report will have been reviewed by the manager.

Transform to passive: 'The children are playing the game.'

• The game is being played by the children.

• The children are playing with the game.

• The game was played by the children.

• The game is played by the children.

Change to passive voice: 'The scientist discovered a new element.'

• A new element is discovered by the scientist.

• The new element was discovered by a scientist.

• A new element was discovered by the scientist.

• The scientist was discovering a new element.

Convert to passive: 'The author wrote the book.'

• The book is written by the author.

• The author writes the book.

• The book was being written by the author.

• The book was written by the author.