Wednesday Worksheet Key

Using Active Voice vs. Passive Verse in Writing Rule: When writing, your sentences should be active. That means you should have the subject taking an action.

Passive/No: The material was shipped to Japan. Active/Yes: The company shipped the material to Japan. Directions: On your own paper, rewrite the ollowin! sentences in active voice. The su"#ect should "e perormin! the action. $ there is no doer, add one.

%. The dishes were washed "y Jane. Jane washed the dishes. &. Ater the !ame we "ou!ht ham"ur!ers or everyone. The ham"ur!ers were "ou!ht ater the !ame or everyone. '. (urin! the intermission, our "and played several num"ers. )everal num"ers were played "y our "and durin! intermission. *. Alice "ro+e her pen. The pen was "ro+en "y Alice. . -y computer was read "y -iss Jones. -iss Jones read my computer. . Jean !ame."ro+e her arm durin! a volley"all !ame. er arm was "ro+en durin! a volley"all 0. Ruth washed and ironed her "louse. Ruth1s "louse was washed and ironed. 2. The money was ound under the loor. )he ound the money under the loor. 3. 4leanor loves the Rollin! )tones. The Rollin! )tones were loved "y 4leanor. %5. The oicer did nothin! a"out the acciden t. (urin! the accident, nothin! was done. T4RR$674 )4NT4N84 %%. John won the irst9place tennis trophy. The irst9place tennis trophy was won "y John. %&. Nancy "a+ed and rosted the ca+e. The ca+e was "a+ed and rosted "y Nancy. %'. Jill lost the election. The election was lost "y Jill. %*. Jean played tennis all mor nin!. Tennis was played "y Jean all mornin!. ANOT4R T4RR$674 )4NT4N84 %. -y "oo+s were ret urned "eore class. )omeone returned my "oo+s "eore class. %. -y window was "ro+en "y the st orm. The storm "ro+e my window. %0. -iniature elephants were collected "y my sister. -y sister collects miniature elephants. %2. 8olette danced a tap dance in the variety show. A tap dance was danced "y 8olette in the variety show.

%3. Nothin! was accomplished "y cryin!. 8ryin! doesn1t accomplish anythin!. &5. That video was seen three times. The class saw the video three times.

Changing Passive Voice to Active Voice Directions: The ver"s in the ollowin! sentences are in the passive voice. On your own paper, rewrite each sentence in the active voice. $ the sentence doesn1t have a doer, supply one. Example: The letter was sent earlier. Jeannie sent the letter earlier.

%. The trees were stripped last month. The crew stripped the trees last month. &. The computers were shipped early in )eptem"er. The company shipped the computers early in )eptem"er. '. The letter was written "y my "rother. -y "rother wrote the letter. *. The old car was driven "y my "rother. -y "rother drove the old car. . The school "ell was repaired in )eptem"er. The custodian repaired the school "ell in )eptem"er. . This man has "een sta""ed. The ro""er sta""ed the man. 0. -y shoes were ta+en to the shoema+er. $ too+ my shoes to the shoema+er. 2. The trees were uprooted "y the storm. The storm uprooted the trees. 3. The "oo+case was stained a dar+ walnut. )he stained the "oo+case a dar+ walnut. %5. The lowers were planted in -arch. Jenny planted the lowers in -arch.

Now Write it Wrong: Changing Active Voice to Passive Voice Directions: The ver"s in the ollowin! sentences are in the active voice. On your own paper,

rewrite the sentences, chan!in! the ver"s to passive voice. Example: -y nei!h"or alerted the police. The police were alerted by my neighbors.

%. The #anitor ied the classroom door. The classroom door was ied "y the #anitor. &. -r. )mith too+ a photo!raph o me. -y photo!raph was ta+en "y -r. )mith. '. All the students passed the al!e"ra test. The al!e"ra test was passed "y all the students. *. Our "as+et"all team lost twenty percent o its !ames. Twenty percent o the !ames was lost "y the team. . The contractor renovated our +itchen. Our +itchen was renovated "y the contractor. . Jane 6eard composed the school son!. The school son! was composed "y Jane 6eard.

0. )he "ro+e two +eys on her typewriter. Two +eys were "ro+en on her typewriter. 2. -y ather too+ pictures at the picnic. The pictures were ta+en "y my ather at the picnic. 3. The ;oo+eeper loves the animals. The animals were loved "y the ;oo+eeper. %5. The #ud!e too+ Tom1s license. Tom1s license was ta+en "y the #ud!e.