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    The document provides examples of newspaper headlines and asks the reader to determine if they are active or passive voice. It also asks the reader to correct headlines that are passive by adding the necessary "be" verb and punctuation. Examples include headlines about Toronto being named the most youthful city, Taylor Swift winning the top prize at an awards show, a bookstore being sold to a developer, two baby baboons being put on display at a zoo, the Scottish government revealing an independence plan, an electric helicopter taking its first flight in Germany, Obama being elected to a second term as president, mothers being found to be asked nearly 300 questions a day in a study, and 2000 workers being laid off by a car company last month.

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    The document provides examples of newspaper headlines and asks the reader to determine if they are active or passive voice. It also asks the reader to correct headlines that are passive by adding the necessary "be" verb and punctuation. Examples include headlines about Toronto being named the most youthful city, Taylor Swift winning the top prize at an awards show, a bookstore being sold to a developer, two baby baboons being put on display at a zoo, the Scottish government revealing an independence plan, an electric helicopter taking its first flight in Germany, Obama being elected to a second term as president, mothers being found to be asked nearly 300 questions a day in a study, and 2000 workers being laid off by a car company last month.

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    Newspaper Headlines Passive

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    The document provides examples of newspaper headlines and asks the reader to determine if they are active or passive voice. It also asks the reader to correct headlines that are passive by adding the necessary "be" verb and punctuation. Examples include headlines about Toronto being named the most youthful city, Taylor Swift winning the top prize at an awards show, a bookstore being sold to a developer, two baby baboons being put on display at a zoo, the Scottish government revealing an independence plan, an electric helicopter taking its first flight in Germany, Obama being elected to a second term as president, mothers being found to be asked nearly 300 questions a day in a study, and 2000 workers being laid off by a car company last month.

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    Newspaper Headlines - Active or Passive?

    Decide if the headlines are active or passive. If a sentence is passive, add the be verb
    where required. Also, please add punctuation and articles (a/an/the).

    Toronto named ‘most youthful’ city in the world

    Taylor Swift wins top prize at American Music Awards

    World’s Biggest Bookstore sold to developer

    Two baby baboons on display at Brooklyn zoo

    Scottish government reveals independence plan

    World's first electric helicopter takes flight in Germany

    Obama elected president for second term

    Mothers asked nearly 300 questions a day, study finds

    2000 workers laid off by Ford motor company last month.

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