Part I: If the sentence is passive voice, rewrite the sentence, turning it into active voice.
1.  Bill drove us to the fair yesterday.
Subject: ____________________  Verb: _____________________  implies the act of ____________________________.
Who / what does this: ___________________________________  so:          ACTIVE   /  PASSIVE
Rewrite? __________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. The field was mowed an hour before the game.
Subject: ____________________  Verb: _____________________  implies the act of ____________________________.
Who / what does this: ___________________________________  so:          ACTIVE   /  PASSIVE
Rewrite? __________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. The house over there was twice struck by lightning last summer.
Subject: ____________________  Verb: _____________________  implies the act of ____________________________.
Who / what does this: ___________________________________  so:          ACTIVE   /  PASSIVE
Rewrite? __________________________________________________________________________________________.
4. My horse was winning the race until the last fifty yards.
Subject: ____________________  Verb: _____________________  implies the act of ____________________________.
Who / what does this? ___________________________________  so:          ACTIVE   /  PASSIVE
Rewrite? __________________________________________________________________________________________.
5. The students were given a lesson on active and passive voice.
Subject: ____________________  Verb: _____________________  implies the act of ____________________________.
Who / what does this? ___________________________________  so:          ACTIVE   /  PASSIVE
Rewrite? __________________________________________________________________________________________.

Part II:
Rewrite on a separate sheet of paper the following paragraph in active voice. You will first need to identify what    the verb is for each sentence; then, decide whether or not the subject is doing the action implied by it. You may   need to reword the sentence completely to change it to active voice. Be careful to change pronouns (when necessary) from their objective form (him, for example) to their subjective form (he) when changing them from     the predicate to becoming the subject. This will be due Monday.

     The convention was attended by my friends and me. There, we were met by many company executives. Several companies were            given time to showcase their businesses, and an audience to showcase them to. The experience was greatly enjoyed by us. At that    convention, much was learned about commerce. Many of us were given fliers and other materials for later reading. I was told nearly          fifty companies were represented at this convention. Several friends of mine have been asked back to the next one. They were invited          back to be given interviews by various representatives of the companies. It was an interesting experience.