Active/Passive Voices

Active or Passive?
The game will be canceled if not enough players show up.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Active or Passive?
The professor's voice could not be heard in the back of the classroom.

• active
• passive

Which of the following does not use active voice?

• Jacob Marley, a ghost, visited his old colleague Scrooge.
• Scrooge's old colleague, Jacob Marley, visited him as a ghost.
• Scrooge is visited first by the ghost of his old colleague Jacob Marley.
• As a ghost, Jacob Marley visited his old colleague Scrooge.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

His umbrella … quite a lot of money.

• a) Is cost
• b) Have cost
• c) Costs
• d) Was cost

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

identify active or passive: he will be given a be gift

• active voice

• passive voice

my pen has been stolen.

• active voice

• passive voice

All the reservations will be made by the wedding planner.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Thousands of tourists view the Grand Canyon every year.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

The metal beams were eventually corroded by the saltwater.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Sugar cane is raised by some people in Hawaii.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A