Les. 30: Using Active and Passive Voice

Multiple Choice

A touchdown was scored by the Cowboys, and there was much crying done by the Patriots.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

The lesson was delivered in a well-planned session.

• Passive Voice

• Active Voice

Multiple Choice

What are the two main uses of passive voice mentioned in the text?

• To emphasize the same subject for several verbs

• To make sentences longer

• To confuse the reader

• To move certain words from the subject to the predicate

Open Ended

Read the sentence and explain whether it uses passive voice correctly. If it is incorrect, revise the sentence.

The bank was robbed last night.

Open Ended

Read the sentence and explain whether it uses passive voice correctly. If it is incorrect, revise the sentence.

It was decided by the congregation to take up a collection for the missionaries.

Open Ended

Read the sentence and explain whether it uses passive voice correctly. If it is incorrect, revise the sentence.

What was being said by the politician was found to be untrue by the journalists.