PASSIVE VOICE IN SIMPLE PAST!!!!
A. Label the following sentences.
AV if it is in active voice.
PV if it is in passive voice
1. I cut my birthday cake.
2. Mount Everest was climbed by many explores
3. You were driving a Jaguar.
4. My mother wrote many letters to her friends
5. Ten beers were drunk by my brother
6. Flowers and balloons were given by my friends on Valentine´s Day
7. A hamburger, two tacos and two slides of pizza were eaten by Julia
8. My grandmother didn´t read her birthday card
9. Which T.V. show was watched by 3.5 million last night?
10. Salsa music was danced by thousands during the dancing contest
B. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
Example: The students wrote letters. Letters were written by the students. 1) Levi Strauss invented the blue jeans.
2) How long did you study logarithms?
3) My sisters didn´t wake up my mother on her birthday.
4) Did they fly an airplane?
5) Our dog ate the chickens.
6) During the fire, firefighters didn´t save my neighbor´s possessions.
C. Change the following sentences into ACTIVE VOICE Example: The game was won by Brazil.
Brazil won the game
1) Ten houses were destroyed by a deadly tornado
2) The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci.
3) A man from Guapiles was bitten by a big snake.