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eoyght © Mec Hi atin Pemton gare ea dso Name Class Date Lesson 43 Voice of Verbs: Active and Passive An action verb is in the active voice when the subject of the senten« The dog chased the cat. performs the action, An action verb is in the passive voice when the action is performed on the subject. The cat was chased by the dog. ‘The active voice is generally stronger. However, sometimes the passive voice is preferred or even necessary. Use the passive voice if you do not want to call attention to the performer, or if you do not know the performer. ‘The cookies were eaten, (You may not want to identify who ate them.) The dishes were washed. (You may not know who did the washing.) ‘To form the passive voice, use a form of the auxiliary verb be with the past participle of the verb, The tense of the auxiliary verb determines the tense of the passive verb. The cat is chased by the dog. (present tense, passive voice) The cat was being chased by the dog. (past progressive tense, passive voice) The cat will have been chased by the dog. (future perfect tense, passive voice) D> Exercise 1 Write A ifthe action verb in each sentence is in the active voice and P if it is in the passive voice. —P __ Thomas Edison was regarded as a great inventor by the world. ——— 1. Our furniture was carried inside by the movers. 2. The door was held open by me. 3. A standing ovation was received by the speaker. 4. The reporter interviewed the movie star. 5. Betina has played softball every Tuesday for a month. 6. The landscape was carefully painted by the artist. 7. His grandfather told the boy many stories. _____ 8. Mrs. Miles donates time to the women’s shelter. —— 9. Accrayon was pulled from the box by the little gir. 10. She displays hor drawing with pride. _—— 11. All ten pins were knocked down by the skilled bowler, 12. The last score was missed by the scorekeeper. Unit 6, Vorb ‘Tenses and Voices 155 Name Class Date 13. Five hundred students were graduated by the university. 14. My aunt telephones our apartment every week. 15, Hot dogs are being eaten by the students. 16. Two authors wrote the book. 17. ‘Twenty dollars had boon earned by Ernest. 18, A patient called the doctor. 19. Tho park was covered by tall pines. 20. A truck is being driven by the forest ranger. 21. The test was taken by the class. 22, Our team has won the game. 23. Tho blazo was fought tirelessly by the firefighters. 24, The spelling bee has been won by Hiro. 25. An amusing story was written by the six-year-old. 26. The tennis player hit the ball hard. 27. Tho plane is being flown by the new pilot. 28, By tomorrow, a relative will have taken the Jeffersons to the airport. 29. Tho building is jealously protected by the watchdog, 30. The toy has been hidden by William. 31. Four books had been read by Rhetta in one week. 82, The school board closed the school. 33. Tho class was passing around the sign-up shoet. 34, We will take two burgers. 35. Thave already eaton lunch. 36. The salad dressing was tasted by Anna. 37. My sister was singing the same song for an hour. 38, The spark plug had been removed by the mechanic. 39. The mechanic replaced the headlight and tail light. 40, The Smiths will take in the stray dog. 156 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 10 sme mpi espana wn enon tn MEAS

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