Active and Passive Voice

Identify the active voice in the following sentence: The dog chased the cat.

• The dog chased the cat.

• The cat chased the dog.

• The cat was chased.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice: The teacher teaches the students.

• The students are being taught by the teacher.

• The students are taught by the teacher.

• The students are taught by the teaching teacher.

• The students are teaching by the teacher.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Convert the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The cake was baked by Mary.

• Mary baked the cake.

• Mary was baked the cake.

• Mary was baking the cake.

• The cake was baking by Mary.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Recognize the passive voice in the sentence: The book was read by the student.

• The student was reading the book.

• The book was read by the student.

• The book read the student.

• The student read the book.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Write a sentence using active voice.

• The mouse was chased.

• The mouse was chased by the cat.

• The cat was chasing the mouse.

• The cat chased the mouse.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Rewrite the following sentence to avoid passive voice: The decision was made by the committee.

• The committee was responsible for making the decision.

• The committee made the decision.

• The decision was made by the committee members.

• The decision was taken by the committee.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Identify the active voice in the sentence: The kids played in the park.

• enjoyed

• slept

• swam

• played

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Change the passive voice sentence to active voice: The letter was written by Sarah.

• Sarah wrote the letter.

• Sarah had written the letter.

• Sarah was the writer of the letter.

• The letter was written by Sarah.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Avoid passive voice in the sentence: The project was completed by the team.

• The team completed the project.

• The completion of the project was done by the team.

• The team was responsible for completing the project.

• The project was successfully completed by the team.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Create a sentence using active voice.

• The cat chased the dog.

• The cat was chased.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

• The dog chased the cat.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A