Sentences: Active and Passive Voices
It was pledged by the chief of police that drug dealers would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
chief; pledged
Bobby Thompson's 1951 pennant-winning walk-off home run was heard by American soldiers listening to radios in Korea.
soldiers; heard
Long before the Europeans arrived, rich cultures and languages had been developed by Native American tribes.
tribes; had developed
In the following sentence, the independent clause is written in the passive voice. If you were to rewrite the clause in the active voice, select the answer that correctly identifies the words you would use as subject and verb. If neither answer is correct, select Neither is correct.
Applies for all questions
On the night of the 1968 California presidential primary, which was a close race, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan; assassinated
After years of tight races between the New York Yankees and other teams, the World Series was finally won by the Boston Red Sox in 2004.
Neither is correct.
In addition to September 11, 2001, what other war-related dates are remembered by Americans, especially by those who lived through World War II?
Neither is correct.
