Active: Chicago beat Detroit.

Passive: Detroit was beaten by Chicago.

Active: Butch will whack the ball.

Passive: The ball will be whacked by Butch.

I. Write 5 SVO sentences. Then transform them into the passive.

II. Transform the following passive sentences back to active. Make sure to keep the tense the same. (Since the former subject appears as a prepositional phrase in a passive, it may have been dropped out; if so, you will need to create one with "someone." For ex.: My purse was stolen. º Someone stole my purse.)

1. While I patiently waited on the phone, the telephone number was checked by the operator.

2. This train is routinely stopped by the brakeman at the railroad crossing.

3. The kitchen floor will be swept clean by the maid.

4. A three-point basket was scored by Scottie Pippen in the last four seconds of the game.

5. Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

6. The moon was walked on by a human being in 1958.

7. The report was completed on time.

8. The auto-safety report was considered for adoption by the transportation committee.

9. An assignment to write a 500-word narrative essay was given to the class by the instructor.

10. Gold was discovered in California in 1848.

11. We packed our camping equipment, shopped for supplies, cleaned the house, and the plants were watered.

12. After the package was opened by Janet, she ran to her husband with the news that a wedding gift had been sent to them by her college roommate.