Worksheet 29: Active and passive voice

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Date / / Teacher

Choose whether the sentences below are in the active or passive voice. Revise:
Student’s Book, pp. 148-149
a. Billions of posts are shared on social media. Active / Passive Workbook, p. 75
Study Guide, p. 25
b. All sorts of videos can be seen online. Active / Passive
c. They shared a fake story an hour ago. Active / Passive
d. My brother is searching for some data. Active / Passive
e. This online class lasts longer than two hours. Active / Passive
f. My social media account was once hacked. Active / Passive
g. The troll hasn’t been discovered yet. Active / Passive
h. We’re going to spend billions on advertising. Active / Passive
i. Fake news stories are posted every day. Active / Passive
j. Tabloids shouldn’t use shocking headlines. Active / Passive

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense in the active or passive voice.
a. My uncle (access) his news online regularly.
b. Online news (access) in most developing countries.
c. Their privacy settings (not check) yet.
d. They (not check) their privacy settings yet.
e. The Sun newspaper (read) by millions of people.
f. Millions of people (read) The Sun newspaper.
g. Twitter’s iconic logo (initially / call) Larry, after the famous basketball player, Larry Bird.
h. They (initially / call) Twitter’s iconic logo Larry.
i. Our son (text) horrible messages on Instagram yesterday by an anonymous person.
j. Someone (text) horrible messages to my son yesterday.
k. We (now / acquire) more customers through social media.
l. More customers (now / acquire) through social media.

Rewrite the sentences below in the passive voice.

a. My dad reads traditional newspapers.
b. Jenny watched a great series.
c. We can now reach a wider audience.
d. Citizen journalists are voicing strong views.
e. We will broadcast the news.
f. I saw a famous TV anchor.
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g. My class doesn’t usually read online reviews.

h. Did Sue draw this sketch?