PLS HELP ME): Practicing Active and Passive Voice Worksheet
Active voice is when the subject performs the action expressed in the verb. (Ex. The man mailed
the letter.)
Passive voice is when the subject is no longer active, but is, instead, being acted upon by the verb.
(Ex. Hamburgers are being eaten.)
Directions: Read each sentence and change each passive voice sentence to active voice.
Example A: The book is being read by the teacher.
The teacher is reading the book.
1. The girl was bitten by the dog.
2. Research will be presented by Einstein at the conference.
3. The chunks of dirt will be removed from the street by clean-up teams.
Directions: Read each sentence and change each active voice sentence to a passive voice
sentence.
Example A: The teacher is reading the book.
The book is being read by the teacher.
4. Marilyn mailed the letter.
5. John threw the football.
6. David shot the basketball at the hoop.

Find a newspaper or magazine (either print or digital form), and select one piece of media to evaluate. after reading/viewing the media, describe it, and explain what you believe the purpose and intended audience of the piece may have been. then, label the techniques (images, layout, video, sound, etc.) that were used, and how those techniques interacted to create either an effective or ineffective piece of media. your response should be at least 200 words.

In the excerpt, what does turner not fully understand because he is a child? the value of lizzie’s friendship the deeper racial conflict the severe danger he is facing the history of malaga island

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