Answers to “2.11 Passive Voice; Adding –ed to Regular Verbs”

A person weighed the apples.The apples were weighed.

A person combed Fern’s hair.Fern’s hair was combed.

Some children petted the puppy. The puppy was petted.

Some people fixed the school bus. The school bus was fixed.

Some people thanked the women. The women were thanked.

A person sat on the loaf of bread. The loaf of bread was sat on.

Some people needed another one. Another one was needed.

A person helped Billy with his homework.Billy was helped with his homework.

A pet killed a few rats last week. A few rats were killed last week.

A person asked the men to work quietly. The men were told to work quietly.

Some students learned many new words. Many new words were learned.

A person didn’t open the packages. The packages weren’t opened.

The teacher didn’t start the class early. The class wasn’t started early.

The people didn’t hear the dog last night. The dog wasn’t heard last night.

People didn’t visit the patient. The patient wasn’t visited.

No people hunted ducks there last year. Ducks weren’t hunted there last year.

The teacher didn’t repeat the sentences. The sentences weren’t repeated.

A person didn’t want the other one. The other one wasn’t wanted.

People didn’t tell the Browns to come. The Browns weren’t told to come.

jab  / jabbed / move  / moved / snore  / snored
blurt  / blurted / ban  / banned / mount  / mounted
hone  / honed / wish  / wished / grasp  / grasped
like  / liked / vent  / vented / skid  / skidded
camp  / camped / drape  / draped / vote  / voted
work  / worked / rock  / rocked / lob  / lobbed
close  / closed / cure  / cured / thump  / thumped
pet  / petted / wipe  / wiped / fade  / faded
whistle  / whistled / shave  / shaved / churn  / churned
live  / lived / rule  / ruled / prune  / pruned
stop  / stopped / zip  / zipped / dice  / diced
hike  / hiked / hum  / hummed / wag  / wagged