Revise each sentence by changing the passive voice to the active voice or the active voice to the passive voice. The old sofa was hauled down to the basement by Barney.
Barney hauled the old sofa down to the basement.
To revise the sentence by changing the passive voice to the active voice, we need to make the subject of the sentence (Barney) the doer of the action, and convert the object (the old sofa) into the subject.
Active voice: Barney hauled the old sofa down to the basement.
To revise the sentence by changing the active voice to the passive voice, we need to make the object (the old sofa) the subject of the sentence, and convert the subject (Barney) into the doer of the action.
Passive voice: The old sofa was hauled down to the basement by Barney.