Now, read the following multiple-choice questions and decide if each of the following sentences is in the active or the passive voice:

  1. I     a necktie every day.

  2. Red neckties     with those uniforms.

  3. Tony     his bicycle yesterday.

  4. The bicycle     by Tony yesterday.

  5. People     Spanish in Venezuela.

  6. Spanish     in Venezuela.

  7. The New York Times     by millions of people every day.

  8. Millions of people    The New York Times every day.

  9. The Eiffel Tower in Paris     by Alexander Eiffel.

  10. Alexander Eiffel     the Eiffel Tower in Paris.



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