Focus: Tell whether each sentence is in the active or passive voice. Write your answer on the lines.

1. Carmel ate a slice of pizza.
2. Toxic chemicals in our environment threaten our rivers, lakes, air, land, and oceans.
3. Thousands of chemical compounds are produced and released by factories every year.
4. Leading electronic companies are being pressed to turn back the toxic tide of e-waste.
5. The information technology sector should lead the shift to a prosperous, clean energy economy.
6. Some of the worst industrial pollution is contaminating the world's most vulnerable water resources.
7. Children breathe cleaner air, drink cleaner water, and eat healthier food.