Verbs in Active and Passive Voice

It is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence.

• subject

• verb

• object

Grandpa travelled far to be with his family. The subject of the sentence is...

• Grandpa

• travelled

• far

• family

The action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing is called...

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

Grandpa travelled far to be his family. What is the verb in the sentence?

• Grandpa

• travelled

• far

• family

The voice of a verb shows whether the subject of the verb is performing the action or receiving it.

• True

• False

When a verb is in the active voice, _________ performs the action.

• subject

• object

Thousands of tourists visit the Grand Canyon every year. The subject in the sentence is...

• Grand Canyon

• Thousands of tourists

Thousands of tourists visit the Grand Canyon every year. When the sentence is transformed into Passive Voice, it will become...

• The Grand Canyon is visited by the thousands of tourists.

• The Grand Canyon were visited by the thousands of tourists.

• The Grand Canyon are visited by the thousands of tourists.

A verb is in the passive voice when its subject __________ the action.

• does

• receives

What is the verb in the sentence - The science class viewed the comet.

• Science class

• viewed

• the

• comet