Active vs Passive

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

• nothing should change since it is active voice

• Letters were written by Miss Strangeworh to the people on Pleasant Street.

• Miss Strangeworth writes letters to the people on Pleasant Street.

• Pleasant Street has people who received letters written by Miss Strangeworth.

Which sentence is written in active voice?

• The director will give you instructions.

• The victory will be celebrated by the team tomorrow.

• Money is generously donated by Bank of America to the homeless shelter.

• The video was pasted to Instgram by Alex.

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

• The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.

• The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell.

• For the bake sale, two dozen cupcakes will be baked by Susan.

• Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.

In active voice

• the subject is active.

• the sentence has action.

• the subject in the sentence performs the action and typically comes before the action (verb).

• the subject in the sentence performs the action and typically comes after the action (verb).

Active voice tells what a person or thing does.

• True

• False

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

• Students are given extra points for writing in active voice on their essays by Mrs. Marryat.

• While writing their essays, students were given extra points for writing in active voice by Mrs. Marryat.

• Mrs. Marryat gave extra points to her wonderful students for using active voice on their essays.

• Mrs. Marryat does not give extra points because her students are so excellent they do not need them.

When writing literary analysis

• you should always write in present tense using active voice.

• you should always write in past tense using active voice.

• you should always write in present tense using passive voice.

• you should always write in past tense using passive voice.

You should never use passive voice for any type of writing.

• True

• False

She took the car to the mechanic.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

It was a tough job, but they finished it on time.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice