A Passive Voice Lesson with Zombies

Posted by Emma, who’s fooling around with things.

A friend posted this image, 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 my book REBEL. I’m just having fun here. 😀 )

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Emma Maree

Hailing from the wet and windy Scottish Highlands, Emma is an avid reader and writer of YA novels. She works in IT and drinks too much tea. Her YA Fantasy novel REBEL AGAINST HEAVEN is being revised for submission.

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