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5. Our hopes of going on holiday were dashed by the bad news,
Active or passive

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Our hopes of going on holiday were dashed by the bad news.

The sentence is in the passive voice.

Its active form would be:

The bad news dashed our hopes of going on holiday.

Hope it helps. :)

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