Now that you have a better understanding of active and passive voice, identify whether the sentences below are written in active or passive voice. Highlight the conjugation of to be and the verb’s past participle in each sentence that uses the passive voice.
Examples:
The attendance was not published until 9:00 this morning. Passive
The drone is running out of batteries. Active
A tea cabinet was knocked down by someone over there. Passive
1.A spider descended from the ceiling. _________
2.The painting was stolen by a troupe of determined ants. _________
3.The magician was always pointing to something to distract his audience. _________
4 The human is being ignored by the cat. _________
5.The sun shines in through the open window. _________
6.Kudzu eats and eats and eats everything in its path. _________
7.The man was being chased by the kudzu. _________
8.“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt _________
9."Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood." -Ralph Waldo Emerson _________
10.The squirrel was chased by the dog. _________
Your Turn!:
Write a paragraph that uses at least two examples of active voice and two examples of passive voice. Highlight both using red as active voice and blue as passive voice.