Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Identify each sentence as either active voice (A) or passive voice (P). If a sentence with the passive form would be more effective in the active voice, rewrite it on the lines that follow each sentence.

1. For centuries, pirates have harassed ships upon all of the world's oceans._____
   
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2. Armed robbery is piracy on the high seas. _____
   
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3. Pirates seized cargo and plundered coastal towns._____
   
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4. Also, pirates kidnapped people and held them for ransom._____
   
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5. The white skull and crossbones on a black background has always flown on the masts of pirate's ships._____
   
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6. Writers such as Rafael Sabatini and Lord Byron created the swashbuckling pirate of our imagination. _____
   
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7. Books like Captain Blood and poems like "The Corsair" gave readers the romantic portrait of a sword-wielding, treasure-hunting ruffian in gold earrings._____
   
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8. As a result, people have often been perceived pirates as ruthless but adventurous heroes._____
   
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9. Actually, though, these desperate criminals lived a drunken, violent, and short life. _____
   
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10. The development of national navies in the nineteenth century caused the decline of piracy._____
    
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