A Passive Voice Lesson with Zombies

21Oct/128

A Passive Voice Lesson with Zombies

My friend Jamwa reblogged this image on Tumblr, and I absolutely love it. It's the perfect example of how to avoid passive voice, which is something I struggle with when writing.

“She was killed [by zombies.]” (Passive voice.)

“Zombies killed [by zombies] her.” (Active voice.)

“It was determined by the committee that the report was ~~inconclusive~~ [by zombies].” (Passive voice.)

“We were invited [by ~~our neighbours~~ zombies] to attend their party.” (Passive voice.)

"I felt like I was dying [by zombies], and that was a hell of a lot more painful than flat-out being dead [by zombies]." (Taken from REBEL. I'm just having fun here. :D )

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Jonas

"An error has occurred [by Zombies]" doesn't sound right, so it must be active voice.

Emma Maree Urquhart

Go ahead, Mike. The image has the name (Twitter username) of the person who came up with the passive voice lesson, so it's fine to share.

Mike Smith

This is brilliant and I'd like to share it.

Kara_M

This is awesome! When I am doing my next editing job, I will use 'by zombies' when looking for passive voice so I can enjoy myself more! Thanks for sharing!

Miss Cole

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I'm going to remember that one :D

Roan Weterings

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I think it would be a nice idea if we could also give you're blogposts likes, this one would definetely get one from me! :)

EMaree moderator

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@Roan Weterings By the way, Roan, I replied to your forum post. :)

EMaree moderator

@Roan Weterings Haha, thank you Roan :) You can 'like' my posts over on the Facebook page (linked up in the 'Find Me On' sidebar), but that's all I've got!

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