EXERCISE 8–3Identifying active and passive voice
Click on Active if the sentence is in the active voice; click on Passive if the sentence is in the passive voice. Click Save to save your work and return to it. Click Submit to see your score and item-by-item explanations; your activity will be recorded in your instructor's gradebook.
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Customer statements are sent out by the phone company on the last day of each month.
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2 of 10
For safety, the walkway to Bonner Hall is swept every night.
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To save the patient’s life, the physician administered CPR.
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Diamond engagement rings were made popular in the 1940s by the De Beers diamond company.
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Amanda often dresses her fluffy lap dog in little pink clothes.
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Hoping to attract more students to the math department, Dr. Harvey started teaching a course on the beauty of mathematical concepts.
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7 of 10
Facebook, a popular social networking site, was started by Mark Zuckerberg when he was in college.
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8 of 10
Job analysts expect the demand for nurses to remain high through the next decade.
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9 of 10
The campus sustainability program was started by a small group of student volunteers.
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10 of 10
Our nutrition instructor explained the benefits of eating dark green vegetables.
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