Passive Voice Exercises

Study Notes

Passive Voice Examples

"People were laughing at him" can be rewritten in passive voice as "He was being laughed at" to emphasize the person being laughed at.
"Someone must have broken into my house" can be rewritten in passive voice as "My house must have been broken into" to focus on the house being broken into.
"They didn't look for my car keys" can be rewritten in passive voice as "My car keys weren't looked for" to emphasize the keys not being looked for.
"We will deal with your problem" can be rewritten in passive voice as "Your problem will be dealt with" to focus on the problem being dealt with.
"They took up your suggestion" can be rewritten in passive voice as "Your suggestion was taken up" to emphasize the suggestion being taken up.
"They usually dispose of the victims' bodies" can be rewritten in passive voice as "The victims' bodies are usually disposed of" to focus on the bodies being disposed of.
"We can rely on David" can be rewritten in passive voice as "David can be relied on" to emphasize David being relied on.
"They cannot provide for their children" can be rewritten in passive voice as "Their children cannot be provided for" to focus on the children not being provided for.
"They must give in all assignments" can be rewritten in passive voice as "All assignments must be given in" to emphasize the assignments being given in.
"Someone is checking on everything" can be rewritten in passive voice as "Everything is being checked on" to focus on everything being checked on.
"They have accounted for their previous behaviour" can be rewritten in passive voice as "Their previous behaviour has been accounted for" to emphasize the behaviour being accounted for.
"People are keeping back their tears" can be rewritten in passive voice as "People's tears are being kept back" to focus on the tears being kept back.