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created by L. Lopez, 12/2/09
EXTRA PASSIVE VS. ACTIVE SENTENCE PRACTICE
(because Ms. Lopez loves you!)
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Send these to me in email, and I'll send you the answers.  Remember that some may have more than one passive verb, an unclear subject, or even a pronoun as the second subject.  If you copy and paste them, you'll be less likely to forget part of the sentence.  Good luck (and dare I say have fun)!

1. The play was enjoyed by the students.
2. Irony is appreciated by only the most insightful people.
3. Strong reading skills are needed by all students so that all subjects can be learned by them.
4. A little fun for everyone is needed each day.
5. Summer is waited for by frozen-feeted people.
6. Fortunately, sleep is found by overtired children if you can get them to lay down.
7. Generally speaking, time is lost when we procrastinate; gotten back it can never be for us.
8. Damaging testimony was given by eyewitnesses at the trial.
9. Food is needed to live by everyone, but the idea is overdone by many people.
10. Fear is warranted from people in a dangerous situation.
11. Even though the city was pelted by rain for days on end, the traffic was not bothered by it.