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8th Grade Active and Passive Voice Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

In active voice the subject does the action, and in passive voice the subject receives it. There are 11 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Revise Passive Voice in a News Story rewrites a story about a Millbrook flood, Form the Passive in Every Tense builds is built through was being built, Active Voice With Modal Verbs keeps must and should in library and lab rules, and Passive Voice That Hides Responsibility looks at apologies that leave out the doer. The sheets practice L.8.1.B, L.8.1.D and L.8.3.A.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Use a form of be plus a past participle, and name the doer in a by phrase if you need it. The tense lives in the form of be, so is built, was built, will be built and has been built are all passive. Form the Passive in Every Tense gives a chart of six tenses.

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