Cohesion and Emphasis Practice Passive Voice A sentence is active if the subject performs the action. The manager gave the presentation. A sentence is passive if the subject receives the action. The presentation was given by the manager. Revise the following passive voice sentences to active voice. $1.$ For many years, federal regulations concerning wire tapping have been ignored. $2.$ Long term contracts were written by the paralegal. $3.$ Critical reports are often issued by those knowing the least. $4.$ Flex time can be misused by employees. $5.$ By using this new technique, $10$ minutes will be saved. $6.$ The BMW was driven by the Jones, the administrator. $7.$ In this article, it is argued that the Vietnam War was fought to extend influence in Southeast Asia and was not ended until it was made clear that the United States could not defeat North Vietnam unless atomic weapons were used. $8.$ Based on the writers' verbal intelligence, prior knowledge, and essay scores, their essays were analyzed for structure and evaluated for richness of concepts. $9.$ The subjects were then divided into a high$-$ or low$-$ability group. $10.$ Half of each group was randomly assigned to a treatment group or a placebo group.