Solutions: active voice exercises
Our suggestions for solving the exercises on active voice.
Exercise 1
Sentence 1
- Subject: my dog
- Verb: loves
- Object: long walks
Sentence 2
- Subject: the committee
- Verb: was reviewed
- Object: the proposal
Sentence 3
- Subject: we
- Verb: provide
- Object: great facilities and the latest equipment
Sentence 4
- Subject: cardholders
- Verb: to pay
- Object: admission fee
Sentence 5
- Subject: not stated (the reader)
- Verb: are easy to understand
- Object: fluent sentences
Exercise 2
- Passive
- Active
- Passive
- Passive
- Active
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Exercise 3
- Passive is fine because the subject is unimportant.
- Could rewrite in the active voice with the bushfires as the subject. (The Ash Wednesday bushfires caused heavy damage to the region.)
- Passive is fine because the subject is unimportant.
- Passive is fine because the subject is unknown.
- Could rewrite with the preschool as the subject. (Preschools on the island teach in English and the local language.)