Which of these statements is written using passive voice?

They earned about $1,000 at their fundraiser.
Their fundraising on Friday raised about $1,000.
They were given about $1,000 in the fundraiser.
Their hard work led them to $1,000 in donations.

Question

Which of these statements is written using passive voice? 

 	
	They earned about $1,000 at their fundraiser.
	Their fundraising on Friday raised about $1,000.
	They were given about $1,000 in the fundraiser.
	Their hard work led them to $1,000 in donations.

rebecca · Answer

The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically, a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as Our troops defeated the enemy) appears as the subject of a sentence with passive voice (e.g. The enemy was defeated by our troops).