Passive Voices

Multiple Choice

What is the basic sentence structure for forming the passive voice in English?

• Subject + be verb + past participle + (by + object)

• Subject + have + past participle + (by + object)

• Subject + do/does + base verb + (by + object)

• Subject + will + base verb + (by + object)

Multiple Select

Which of the following are correct passive voice sentences?

• The story is written in English.

• Math isn’t taught at every high school.

• Paper umbrellas aren’t used today.

• The butterfly caught by a student.

Open Ended

Explain the steps to change an active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence using the example: 'I ate the apple.'

Open Ended

How do you form a negative sentence in the passive voice? Give an example.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct passive voice form of the sentence: 'He can finish the work'?

• The work can be finished by him.

• The work is finished by him.

• The work was finished by him.

• The work will be finished by him.

Multiple Choice

What changes are made to form a question in the passive voice with a modal verb?

• Move the modal verb to the beginning of the sentence.

• Move 'be' to the beginning of the sentence.

• Add 'do' at the beginning of the sentence.

• Change the subject to the object.

Multiple Choice

How do you form a negative sentence in the passive voice with a modal verb?

• Add 'not' after the modal verb and before 'be'.

• Add 'not' before the modal verb.

• Add 'not' after 'be'.

• Add 'not' at the end of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Compare the sentences in images 3 and 4. What is the passive voice form of 'They built the house in 2010.'?

• The house was built in 2010.

• The house is built in 2010.

• The house will be built in 2010.

• The house has been built in 2010.

Multiple Choice

When I heard my baby girl say her first word, my heart was ______ with joy.

• filled

• marked

• prepared

• shown

Multiple Select

Select all sentences that are in the passive voice.

• The doors and windows were checked by him.

• The exam will be taken by Mary tomorrow.

• The car hit the woman.

• The woman was hit by the car.

Open Ended

Explain the difference between active and passive voice using examples from the images.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?

• The exam will be taken by Mary tomorrow.

• Mary will take the exam tomorrow.

• Mary is taking the exam tomorrow.

• Mary took the exam yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct passive form for the sentence: 'He checked the doors and windows'?

• The doors and windows were checked by him.

• The doors and windows checked him.

• He was checked by the doors and windows.

• The doors and windows were checking him.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is the correct passive voice form of the sentence: 'The strong winds blew away some trees'?

• Some trees were blown away by the strong winds.

• The strong winds were blown away by some trees.

• Some trees blew away the strong winds.

• The strong winds were blown some trees away.

Open Ended

What is one thing you learned today about how animals survive winter?

Open Ended

How do these animals spend the winter? Discuss.