Choose the sentence that's written in the passsive voice.

A. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee.
B. Watch for the turn at the corner of the block.
C. Alan and James know how to tell a story.
D. The president was trying to develop his country's economy.

Which one do YOU THINK it is? Remember that when the verb is passive, the subject is NOT doing the action.

The sentence written in the passive voice is:

A. To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee.

To identify a sentence written in the passive voice, you need to look for the use of a form of "to be" (in this case, "was") followed by a past participle (in this case, "written"). In passive voice constructions, the subject of the sentence receives the action.

To identify the passive voice in a sentence, you can ask yourself the question: "Who or what is being acted upon?" In this sentence, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is the subject that receives the action of being written, making it a passive construction.