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.
Instructions:
Revise each of the following sentences by changing the verb from the passive voice to the active voice. Here is an example:Original sentence:When you're done, compare your revised sentences with those on page two.
The city was nearly destroyed by the hurricane.
Revised sentence:
The hurricane nearly destroyed the city.
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- The school was struck by lightning.
- This morning the burglar was arrested by the police.
- One type of air pollution is caused by hydrocarbons.
- An elaborate supper for the miners was prepared by Mr. Patel and his children.
- The cookies were stolen by the Mad Hatter.
- New York City's Central Park was designed in 1857 by F.L. Olmsted and Calbert Vaux.
- It was decided by the court that the contract was invalid.
- The first commercially successful portable vacuum cleaner was invented by a janitor who was allergic to dust.
- After Leonardo da Vinci's death, the Mona Lisa was purchased by King Francis I of France.
- The allegorical novel Animal Farm was written by British author George Orwell during World War II.
