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Active and Passive Voice Review

Authored by Samuel Wright

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Active and Passive Voice Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is active voice? 

When the subject is the one doing the action.
When the subject is receiving the action.
The sentence contains an action verb.
When the subject is unknown to the reader.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is passive voice?

When the subject does the action.
When there is no action verb in 
When the subject receives the action. 
When there are multiple actions in a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate use of passive voice?

When you do not want to reveal who is responsible for an act.
Mysteries
Science lab reports
Academic writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Strong writing should be written using _____ voice. 

active
passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is written in ACTIVE voice?

The burger was cooked medium-well.
I cooked the burger medium-well.
The burger was cooked medium-well by me.
Both A and B are correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is written in ACTIVE voice?

He delivered the flowers to her front door.
The flowers were delivered to her front door. 
The flowers were delivered to her front door by him.
B and C are both correct. 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is written in PASSIVE voice?

He ate the rest of the left over pasta.
The silver was polished using a special solution.
Chase scored a 90% on his test.
By the way, you should study for the test.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

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