Passive Voice Worksheet 1

Identify the passive voice constructions in the following paragraphs and change the passive voice sentences to active voice.

Flopsy

     My life has been changed by many different things.  I remember when I learned that there was no Santa Claus.  I was told by my friend Clive to wait up for Santa, and I did, but Santa never came.  Instead, I saw my parents, tired and frazzled, slink down the stairs and lazily pile presents under the tree.  My faith was shaken.  There was no Santa.  I also remember when my younger brother unmade the bed after I had made it up.  I got so mad at him that he was picked up by the collar of his Spider-Man pajamas and thrown across the room by me.  The nightstand was hit by his head, and his red and blue Spidey p.j.s were stained a darker red by his blood.  I was so sorry.  I was taught to control my anger by this event, and I was also reminded how much I loved my little brother. 

     There are many more events that changed my life, but my life was most changed by my little stuffed bunny, Flopsy.  Flopsy was given to me on Easter by my parents.  He was pink and had funny, floppy ears and a cute white cottontail.  Of all his parts, his fluffy tail was loved most by me.  He was carried wherever I went.  He was taken to breakfast, on the bus, to school, to the playground, to dinner, and to bed.  He was taken everywhere.  He was a well-loved little bunny, and he was loved most by me.

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