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Mark Was Eating An Apple

The document describes various actions being performed or observed by different people and objects. Mark ate an apple, Bob painted a picture, Tina opened a present, Mr. Thomas used the phone, Fred made a card, James hit a tree with a stick, a man jumped off a step, and Daniel watched birds.

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Mark Was Eating An Apple

The document describes various actions being performed or observed by different people and objects. Mark ate an apple, Bob painted a picture, Tina opened a present, Mr. Thomas used the phone, Fred made a card, James hit a tree with a stick, a man jumped off a step, and Daniel watched birds.

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1. Mark was eating an apple.

2. The picture was painted by Bob.


3. Tina opened the present.
4. The phone was being used by Mr Thomas.
5. The card was made by Fred.
6. James hit the tree with his stick.
7. The man jumped off the step.
8. Daniel was watching the birds.

Copy out each of these sentences and then write whether it is in active or passive voice.

1. The key was used to open the door.


2. The crisp packet was thrown away.
3. James couldn’t see the man.
4. The boy picked up the coin.
5. The egg was laid by the bird.
6. Susan found her car keys.
7. The policeman chased after Fred. ***Think carefully about this one***
8. The car was fixed. ***Think carefully about this one***
9. The pencil had been lost. ***Think carefully about this one***
10. Mark was given a warning. ***Think carefully about this one***

Task Three: These are all written in passive voice. Change each sentence into active voice.
1. The football was kicked by Luke.
2. The knife was left on the table by Julie.
3. The milk had been knocked over by a cat.
4. The car had been driven into a wall by a naughty child.
5. The windows had been washed. ***Think carefully about this one***

Task Four: These are all written in active voice. Change each sentence into passive voice.
1. The actors had performed the play by Shakespeare.
2. A stone smashed the window.
3. The boys pushed the tree over.
4. James climbed the ladder.
5. Sam baked a big cake.
6. Fred told Johnny a lie. ***Think carefully about this one***

Extension: Find examples of sentences written in passive voice in your reading book and the books in the class
library. Can you change each of the sentences into active voice?

Here are examples of sentences written in both the active voice and the passive voice, with the active voice
sentence appearing first:

1. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. (active)


2. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry. (passive)
3. Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah. (active)
4. The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes. (passive)
5. Sue changed the flat tire. (active)
6. The flat tire was changed by Sue. (passive)
7. We are going to watch a movie tonight. (active)
8. A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. (passive)
9. I ran the obstacle course in record time. (active)
10. The obstacle course was run by me in record time. (passive)
11. The crew paved the entire stretch of highway. (active)
12. The entire stretch of highway was paved by the crew. (passive)
13. Mom read the novel in one day. (active)
14. The novel was read by Mom in one day. (passive)
15. The critic wrote a scathing review. (active)
16. A scathing review was written by the critic. (passive)
17. I will clean the house every Saturday. (active)
18. The house will be cleaned by me every Saturday. (passive)
19. The staff is required to watch a safety video every year. (active)
20. A safety video will be watched by the staff every year. (passive)
21. She faxed her application for a new job. (active)
22. The application for a new job was faxed by her. (passive)
23. Tom painted the entire house. (active)
24. The entire house was planted by Tom. (passive)
25. The teacher always answers the students’ questions. (active)
26. The students’ questions are always answered by the teacher. (passive)
27. The choir really enjoys that piece. (active)
28. That piece is really enjoyed by the choir. (passive)
29. Who taught you to ski? (active)
30. By whom were you taught to ski? (passive)
31. The forest fire destroyed the whole suburb. (active)
32. The whole suburb was destroyed by the forest fire. (passive)
33. The two kings are signing the treaty. (active)
34. The treaty is being signed by the two kings. (passive)
35. The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night. (active)
36. Every night the office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew. (passive)
37. Larry generously donated money to the homeless shelter. (active)
38. Money was generously donated to the homeless shelter by Larry. (passive)
39. No one responded to my sales ad. (active)
40. My sales ad was not responded to by anyone. (passive)
41. The wedding planner is making all the reservations. (active)
42. All the reservations will be made by the wedding planner. (passive)
43. Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale. (active)
44. For the bake sale, two dozen cookies will be baked by Susan. (passive)
45. The science class viewed the comet. (active)
46. The comet was viewed by the science class. (passive)
47. Who ate the last cookie? (active)
48. The last cookie was eaten by whom? (passive)
49. Alex posted the video on Facebook. (active)
50. The video was posted on Facebook by Alex. (passive)
51. The director will give you instructions. (active)
52. Instructions will be given to you by the director. (passive)
53. Thousands of tourists view the Grand Canyon every year. (active)
54. The Grand Canyon is viewed by thousands of tourists every year. (passive)
55. The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell. (active)
56. The house was remodeled by the homeowners to help it sell. (passive)
57. The team will celebrate their victory tomorrow. (active)
58. The victory will be celebrated by the team tomorrow. (passive)
59. The saltwater eventually corroded the metal beams. (active)
60. The metal beams were eventually corroded by the saltwater. (passive)
61. The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch. (active)
62. The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch. (passive)
63. Some people raise sugar cane in Hawaii. (active)
64. Sugar cane is raised by some people in Hawaii. (passive)

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