Label the sentence below as active or passive.



Random people were visited by pollsters.
a. active
b. passive

To determine whether the sentence "Random people were visited by pollsters" is active or passive, we need to identify the subject and the object. In an active sentence, the subject performs the action, while in a passive sentence, the subject receives the action.

In this sentence, "Random people" is the subject, and "were visited by pollsters" is the verb phrase. The verb phrase consists of a form of the verb "to be" (were) followed by the past participle of the verb "to visit" (visited). The phrase "by pollsters" identifies the doer of the action.

Since the subject is receiving the action (being visited), this sentence is in the passive voice. Therefore, the correct answer is:

b. passive

What is the subject of this sentence? Is it doing anything? What do you think?