ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

I ate a piece of chocolate cake.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

The librarian read the book to the students.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

They are paid on Fridays.

• Active voice

• Passive Voice

The movie is being made in Hollywood.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

Which sentence is in active voice?

• The boy was brought to the nurse's office.

• The boy was told to wait for the nurse.

• The principal saw the boy pulling on his loose tooth.

• The loose tooth was pulled out.

Which sentence is in active voice?

• Karen sang a sweet melody.

• The sweet melody was sung by Karen.

Which sentence is in passive voice?

• Sandy made the coffee.

• The coffee was made by Sandy.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The difficult sonata was played by the talented pianist.

• The difficult sonata played the talented pianist.

• The difficult pianist was played by the talented sonata.

• The talented pianist played the difficult sonata.

• No change. It is already in active voice.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The green dress was worn by Sarah.

• The green dress wore Sarah.

• Sarah was worn by the green dress.

• Sarah wore the green dress.

• No change. It is already in active voice.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The winning goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean.

• The game was won by Sean, who scored the last goal for the Tigers.

• Sean scored the winning goal for the Tigers.

• The last goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean, which led to their win.

• No change. It is already in the active voice.