Practice #1
The Passive Voice

Change active voice statements or questions to passive voice or vice versa.

1. Someone attacked Mina's mother as she was walking home late last night.

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2. My brother was drafted by the Army before he graduated from college.

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3. 126 million people speak Japanese.

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4. Many people elected Bill Clinton president in 1992 and 1996.

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5. Both the telescope and the thermometer were invented by Galileo.

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6. Somebody robbed the bank on Main Street last night.

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7. Benjamin Franklin invented the bifocal lens in 1780.

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8. The concept of behavioral psychology was developed by B.F. Skinner.

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9. More than 20 million people in the world play soccer.

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10. Most people in the world call it football.

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