Mastering Active and Passive Voice

Front

Identify the voice: "The cake was eaten by the children."

Back

Passive voice

Front

Active to passive: "The mechanic fixes the car."

Back

The car is fixed by the mechanic.

Front

Convert passive to active: "The song was sung by the choir."

Back

The choir sings the song.

Front

Identify the subject in: "The window was shattered by the baseball."

Back

The window

Front

Identify the object in: "The artist painted a beautiful mural."

Back

A beautiful mural

Front

Active voice sentence?

Back

The dog chased the cat.

Front

Converting a sentence from active to passive voice changes its structure by making the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence.

Back

The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

Front

Convert to passive voice: "The gardener is planting new flowers."

Back

New flowers are being planted by the gardener.

Front

Convert passive to active: "The novel was written by the author in one month."

Back

The author wrote the novel in one month.

Front

Identify the passive voice sentence:

Back

The test is taken by the students.