Active vs. Passive

Active and Passive Voice

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that uses the active voice.

• The Greek festival was enjoyed by all the visitors.

• All the visitors enjoyed the Greek festival.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that uses the passive voice.

• Several people were arrested by the police.

• The police arrested several people.

Multiple Choice

Revise the sentence by changing the passive voice to the active voice:

"Martin is given the medicine bag by Grandpa."

• Grandpa is given the medicine bag by Martin.

• Grandpa gives the medicine bag to Martin.

Multiple Choice

Revise the sentence by changing the active voice to the passive voice:

"Taylor Swift's fans adore her."

• Taylor Swift's fans used to adore her.

• Taylor Swift is adored by her fans.

Multiple Choice

Identify the following sentence as active voice or passive voice:

"The kicker missed the point after the touchdown."

• active voice

• passive voice

Multiple Choice

Identify the following sentence as active voice or passive voice:

"The old sofa was hauled down to the basement by Barney."

• active voice

• passive voice

Multiple Choice

Identify the following sentence as active voice or passive voice:

"The guest speaker told the audience about the South Pole."

• active voice

• passive voice

Multiple Choice

Revise the sentence by changing the active voice to the passive voice:

"A sudden storm ruined the wheat crop."

• A sudden storm is going to ruin the wheat crop.

• The wheat crop was ruined by a sudden storm.

Multiple Choice

Revise the sentence by changing the passive voice to active:

"A taxi was taken by Milo to get to his summer camp."

• Milo took a taxi to get to his summer camp.

• Milo was taken by taxi to get to his summer camp.

Poll

You've reached the final question! It is time to reflect. How well do you understand active and passive voice?

• I'm still really confused!

• It's a little challenging, but I think I'm getting it.

• This lesson really helped me understand.

• I already knew how to do this, so this was just review.