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Passive Voice

Practice 1: Changing Active to Passive Voice

Practice 1: Changing Active to Passive Voice
The passive voice can be used to avoid taking responsibility or blame for an undesirable action. Change the following sentences from active voice to passive voice to omit the original actor.

This activity contains 5 questions.

	Mr. Gomez made an error in judgment which cost the department a fairly large sum of money.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	We cannot process your order for another 30 days due to a backlog of orders.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	The company gave us permission to install a more sensitive detection devise.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	I performed the experiment by accurately measuring the substance.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	He found the answer quickly after he had discovered the missing numbers.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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