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Passive Voice 2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Lightning struck the school.​

a)

Active

b)

Passive

2.

This morning, the police arrested the burglar.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

3.

The cookies were stolen by the Mad Hatter.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

4.

It was decided by the court that the contract was invalid.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

5.

F.L. Olmsted and Calbert Vaux designed New York City's Central Park in 1857.​

a)

Active

b)

Passive

6.

The allegorical novel Animal Farm was written by British author George Orwell during World War II.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

7.

Mr. Patel and his children prepared an elaborate supper for the miners.​

a)

Active

b)

Passive

8.

The first commercially successful portable vacuum cleaner was invented by a janitor who was allergic to dust.​

a)

Active

b)

Passive

9.

One type of air pollution is caused by hydrocarbons.​

a)

Active

b)

Passive

10.

The candidates were being criticized by the media.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

11.

My roommate wrote the lead article in today's Spartana

a)

Active

b)

Passive

12.

Some of the most intricate fugues were composed by Bach.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

13.

The most expensive houses in town are built by my borther-in-law.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

14.

That expensive new building is being built on Allen Street.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

15.

The football team was led onto the field by the band.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

16.

The student government plans the prom each spring.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

17.

Paula's will receive a shipment of fresh lobsters, soon.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

18.

The school held interviews on Tuesday.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

19.

The pizza had been eaten by the students before the movie started.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

20.

The students rested after final exams.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

21.

Mary was awarded the prize.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

22.

They named their dog Oscar.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

23.

The press labeled the Senator a radical on domestic issues.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

24.

The teacher was being secretive.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

25.

The drugs were confiscated by the Florida Coast Guard.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

26.

Some sports reporters have called the new Orioles stadium nostalgic

a)

Active

b)

Passive

27.

A new vacation schedule is being tried this year.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

28.

Liberal arts majors are often hired for companies who need employees capable of critical thinking.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

29.

My Swedish accent is admired by the children.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

30.

The cookies always get eaten before I get home from practice.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

31.

The window was broken by a lacrosse ball.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

32.

Joe was wounded in the Vietnam War.

a)

appropriate

b)

inappropriate

33.

The flu was had by me.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

34.

Civil rights were fought for by Malcolm X.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

35.

Recommendations are being made for how to protect against a hurricane.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

36.

The sound of foghorns could be heard along the waterfront.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

37.

The visit from Simone Biles and Laurie Hernandez would never be forgotten by the young gymnasts.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

38.

The idea of coming-of-age was addressed by Harper Lee in To Kill a Mockingbird.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

39.

Freedom and liberty were ideas Phillis Wheatley writes about.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate

40.

Less sugar has been eaten by me during Lent.

a)

Appropriate

b)

Inappropriate