Indicate whether the verbs in the sentences below are in the active voice or the passive voice by using the following code:

A active voice P passive voice

_A_ Two inmates punched their way through the walls of the jail.

____ 1. The Bowie knife was named after Jim Bowie, the hero of the Alamo.

____ 2. George took twenty-four pictures of his new sports car.

____ 3. Influenza and famine killed 20 million Russians between 1914 and 1924.

____ 4. The music industry’s platinum records are usually made of nickel and are covered with foil or paint, not platinum.

____ 5. The ginkgo tree dates back to the time of the dinosaurs.

____ 6. The slash mark used in fractions is known as a virgule.

____ 7. Woodrow Wilson is pictured on the $100,000 bill.

____ 8. A group of lions is called a pride, and a flock of larks is called an exaltation.

____ 9. Some plants contain chemicals that interfere with the digestion of plant-eating animals.

____ 10. Murmuring, mist and chimes are considered to be among the most beautiful words in the English language.

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