Active & Passive Voice

True or False: Many genres of writing prefer passive voice.

False

True or False: One clue is that passive voice sometimes uses the word “by” near the end.

True

True or False: Another clue is that active voice tends to use “being” verbs.

False

True or False: Active voice uses OVS word order.

False

True or False:  Passive voice tends to be more vague

True

True or False:  Passive voice can sometimes cut the subject of the sentence, especially to protect someone’s identity or avoid blame.

True

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  The zombies ate my brains.

Active

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  My brains were eaten by zombies.

Passive

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  Yoda is her hero.

Active

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  Her hero is Yoda.

Passive

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  The politicians debated the bill for 12 hours.

Active

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  The bill was debated by the politicians for 12 hours.

Passive

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  Mistakes were made.

Passive

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  I made a mistake.

Active

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  My pencil was broken.

Passive

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?  The bully broke my pencil.

Active

Is the following sentence in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?   I’m going to the McDonald’s that is by the mall.

Active

Select the sentence that is written in ACTIVE voice.

The police reported the break-in.

Select the sentence that is written in PASSIVE voice.

The opportunity to study was not taken by the student.

Select the sentence that is written in ACTIVE voice.

She called off the engagement.