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Active and Passive Voice Introduction

An introduction to the Active and Passive voice in English. Examples and practice questions are included.

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Active and Passive Voice Introduction

An introduction to the Active and Passive voice in English. Examples and practice questions are included.

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Active/Passive Voice

Active vs. Passive voice is all about _____________ in the sentence is doing the
__________________. Most sentences in English are in the ___________________ voice.
In the active voice, the ___________________ of the sentence is the thing/person doing
the ________________.
Ex. Thomas ate the hambuger.
In this example, what is the action? __________________________.
Who is doing it? _____________________
In the passive voice, the ___________________ is not doing the _________________________.
Ex. The hamburger was eaten
In this example, what is the action? _________________________.
Who is doing it? _____________________
Sometimes, in passive sentences, we _______________________ who did the action.
In the passive tense, including the person/thing who did the action is
________________________.
Ex. The hamburger was eaten
and
The hamburger was eaten by Thomas
Both of the sentences above have the same meaning. One just includes more
___________________. Both are passive voice.
To create the passive voice:
to be + past participle (by person/thing)
Practice changing active sentences to passive.
Ex.

Active He built the house in September


Passive The house was built in September (by him).
Active Megan buys a coffee every morning.
Passive A coffee is bought (by Megan) every morning.
Active He is writing the book for his class.
Passive The book is being written (by him) for his class.

Practice
Instructions: Change these sentences from the active into the passive tense.
1. He deposited the money into his account.
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2. Timothy cashed the check yesterday.
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3. They buy too much fruit
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4. I withdraw $100 every week for groceries.
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5. The bank is loaning him the money.
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6. We balance the checkbook once a month.
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7. James lent his car to Stuart for the weekend.
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8. I am borrowing this book for the weekend.
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9. You can exchange that currency at the bank.
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10. He always compares prices before he buys.
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