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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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