Passive Voice Exercises

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.