Active and Passive Verbs
Active Voice 3: "Oh,no! I spilled the milk all over the table!"
Passive Voice 3: "Oh, no! The milk was spilled all over the table!"
Active Voice 4: Mrs. Davis wears a hat.
Passive Voice 4: The book was read by Gus.
Active Voice 5: Sara will throw the ball.
Passive Voice 5:A hat is worn by Mrs. Davis.
Active Voice 6: Carlos has built the furniture.
Passive Voice 6: The furniture has been built by Carlos.
Active Voice 7: He is asking questions.
Passive Voice 7: Questions are being asked by him.
Active Voice 8: Mr. Montoya surprised us with a math quiz.
Passive Voice 8: The rock was skipped across the lake by Nina.
Active Voice 9: Mr. David will sing the song.
Passive Voice 9: That song will be sung by our school choir.
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Active Examples
Passive Examples
Active Voice 10: Patti wrote the poem.
Passive Voice 10: That poem was written by Patti.
Active Voice 11: Bahra kicked the ball with great force.
Passive Voice 11: The ball has been kicked with great force.
Active Voice 12: Ben hit a home run.
Passive Voice 12:These pizzas have been prepared by the Band Boosters.
Active Voice 13: The chef flipped the pancakes.
Passive Voice 13: The wreath was placed at the memorial during the service.
Active Voice 14: A waiter has filled my water glass.
Passive Voice 14: A home run was hit.
Active Voice 15: Bob hit the tennis ball.
Passive Voice 15: The pancakes were flipped by the chef.
Active Voice 1: Will you hold my place in line?
Passive Voice 1: The balloon was chased by the children.
Active Voice 2: Gus read the book.
Passive Voice 2: That dog should be brushed.
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a use active voice to improve sentences
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active sentence has Who did it?
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active voice can combine sentences
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doesn't have by
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don't have a helping verb
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have one verb
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it is more direct
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sometimes use the word by
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the name of the person is on the left side
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the subject does something
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the subject has something done to it
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the subject has to have an action done to it
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the subject is often on the right side
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the verb phrase always includes a from of be and the past participle of the main verb
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two or more helping verbs
