
Active: People drink champagne on New Year’s Eve.
Here are some active and passive voice examples to help!
Use the past participle of the main verb of the active sentence. Use the verb “to be” in the same tense as the main verb of the active sentence. Make the object of the active sentence into the subject of the passive sentence. (we want to emphasize “pyramids” more than “ancient Egyptians”) Passive Voice: Form To change an active voice sentence to a passive voice sentence: The receiver of the action is more important Example: The pyramids were built nearly 5,000 years ago by the ancient Egyptians. We do not know who did the action Example: The documents were stolen.
Passive Voice: Use The passive voice is used when:
Notice that the objectof the active sentence (house) became the subjectof the passive sentence. Instructions Revise each of the following sentences by changing the verb from the passive voice to the active voice. In this exercise, you will practice changing verbs from the passive voice to the active voice by turning the subject of a passive verb into the direct object of an active verb.