Passive Voice Transformations

Active: The storm destroyed many houses in the village.

   Which is the correct passive voice transformation?

• Many houses in the village were destroyed by the storm.

• The village had many houses destroyed by the storm.

• Many houses destroyed in the village by the storm.

• The storm was destroying many houses in the village.

Active: The audience applauded the performance enthusiastically.

   Which is the correct passive voice transformation?

• The performance applauded enthusiastically by the audience.

• The performance was applauded enthusiastically by the audience.

• The audience was applauding the performance enthusiastically.

• Enthusiastically, the performance had been applauded by the audience.

Active: The company will announce the new product next week.

   Which is the correct passive voice transformation?

• Next week, the new product will be announced by the company.

• The new product will announce by the company next week.

• The company is announcing the new product next week.

• Next week, the company will have announced the new product.

 Active: The gardener planted roses in the backyard.

   Which is the correct passive voice transformation?

• Roses planted in the backyard by the gardener.

• Roses were planted in the backyard by the gardener.

• The gardener was planting roses in the backyard.

• In the backyard, roses have been planted by the gardener.

Active: The scientists are conducting important research.

    Which is the correct passive voice transformation?

• Important research is being conducted by the scientists.

• The scientists were conducting important research.

• Important research conducted by the scientists.

• By the scientists, important research is conducted.

Passive: The cake was baked by my grandmother.

   Which is the best active voice version?

• My grandmother baked the cake.

• The cake baked my grandmother.

• Baking was done by my grandmother for the cake.

• My grandmother was baking the cake.

Passive: The novel was written in three months.

   Which is the best active voice version?

• Three months wrote the novel.

• The author wrote the novel in three months.

• Writing the novel took three months.

• In three months, it was written.

Passive: The window was broken by the baseball.

   Which is the best active voice version?

• The baseball broke the window.

• The window broke from the baseball.

• Breaking happened to the window by the baseball.

• The baseball was breaking the window.

Passive: The decision was made by the committee.

   Which is the best active voice version?

• The committee's decision was made.

• The committee decided.

• Deciding was what the committee did.

• It was the committee who made the decision.

Passive: The ancient ruins were discovered by archaeologists.

   Which is the best active voice version?

• Archaeologists made a discovery of the ancient ruins.

• The ancient ruins discovered archaeologists.

• Archaeologists discovered the ancient ruins.

• Discovering was done to the ancient ruins by archaeologists.