Active and Passive Voice

Passive voice is:

• A grammar tense

• A form of speech

Passive voice changes:

• The order and meaning of the active voice sentence.

• The emphasis and the grammar tense of the active voice sentence.

• The order and the emphasis of the active voice sentence.

All sentences in active voice can be changed into passive voice.

• True

• False

The Beatles wrote "A Hard Day's Night". The passive voice of this sentence is:

• A Hard Day's Night is written by the Beatles.

• A Hard Day's Night was written by the Beatles.

• The Beatles was written A Hard Day's Night.

• Not possible.

My boss sent me and email. The passive voice of this sentence can be:

• I sent an email by my boss.

• My boss was sent an email by me.

• I was sent an email by my boss.

• An email was sent to me by my boss.

Which of the following sentences can't be changed into passive voice?

• The bus took me downtown.

• Thomas bought the ingredients for the cake.

• A virus infected my computer.

• My kids went to the beach yesterday.

Change the sentence into passive voice: The hunter killed a lion.

Change into passive voice: Someone sends me a cheque every month.

Change into passive voice: I prepared your birthday cake.

Change into the active voice: The movie was directed by Spielberg.