Good job, everyone. But try to remember, as a point of style, that when you use the passive voice, it is often better not to mention the grammatical subject.
That is, you can say "The trash was thrown out." But it is a little awkward to say "The trash was thrown out by us."
Jefferson, your second sentence is not in the passive voice.
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Active voice: Melody throws the ball to Brian.
Passive voice: The ball was thrown by Melody to Brian.
Active voice: The difficult situation at work threw me off the rail.
Passive voice: I was thrown off the rail by the difficult situation at work.
Active: I threw the ball at my friend.
Passive: My friend caught the ball that was thrown at him.
Active voice: I must throw the ball to the pitcher.
Passive voice: The Pitcher caught the ball that I threw to him.
Active: Yesterday, we threw rocks to the lake.
Passive: Yesterday, rocks were thrown to the lake by us.
Active: I threw out the garbage.
Passive: The garbage was thrown out.
Good job, everyone. But try to remember, as a point of style, that when you use the passive voice, it is often better not to mention the grammatical subject.
That is, you can say "The trash was thrown out." But it is a little awkward to say "The trash was thrown out by us."
Jefferson, your second sentence is not in the passive voice.
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