Active & Passive Voice Quiz

A touchdown was scored by the Cowboys, and there was much crying done by the Patriots.

• active

• passive

Answer explanation

The correct choice is passive because the sentence structure indicates that the Patriots were the ones affected by the action of crying, making it a passive construction.

Active : Bunga sent an SMS to her friend

Passive : ............................................

• An SMS was sent by Bunga to her friend

• An SMS is sent by Bunga to her friend

• An SMS was being sent by Bunga to her friend

• An SMS has been sent sent by Bunga to her friend

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'An SMS was sent by Bunga to her friend' because it correctly transforms the active sentence into a passive one.

Identify the voice of the following sentence: "The cake was baked by Sarah."

• Active

• Passive

Answer explanation

The correct voice of the sentence 'The cake was baked by Sarah' is Passive because the subject receives the action rather than performing it.

Identify the voice of the following sentence: "The dog chased the cat."

• Active

• Passive

Answer explanation

The correct voice of the sentence 'The dog chased the cat' is Active because the subject 'dog' is performing the action on the object 'cat'.

Convert the following active sentence to passive: "The teacher explains the lesson."

• The lesson is explained by the teacher.

• The lesson was explained by the teacher.

• The lesson will be explained by the teacher.

• The lesson has been explained by the teacher.

Answer explanation

To convert the active sentence 'The teacher explains the lesson' to passive, the correct choice is 'The lesson is explained by the teacher.'

Convert the following passive sentence to active: "The book was read by the student."

• The student reads the book.

• The student will read the book.

• The student read the book.

• The student is reading the book.

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'The student read the book.' because it changes the passive voice sentence to active voice with the correct verb tense.

Identify the subject in the following sentence: "The car was driven by Mark."

• The car

• Mark

• Driven

• By

Answer explanation

The subject in the sentence is 'The car' because it is the entity that the sentence is about and performs the action of being driven.

Identify the object in the following sentence: "The chef cooked a delicious meal."

• The chef

• Cooked

• A delicious meal

• Delicious

Answer explanation

The object in the sentence is 'A delicious meal' because it is the direct object of the action 'cooked' performed by the chef.

Convert the following active sentence to passive: "The scientist discovered a new element."

• A new element is discovered by the scientist.

• A new element was discovered by the scientist.

• A new element will be discovered by the scientist.

• A new element has been discovered by the scientist.

Answer explanation

To convert the active sentence to passive, the correct choice is 'A new element was discovered by the scientist.'

Convert the following passive sentence to active: "The homework was completed by the students."

• The students complete the homework.

• The students will complete the homework.

• The students completed the homework.

• The students are completing the homework.

Answer explanation

To convert the passive sentence 'The homework was completed by the students' to active, the correct choice is 'The students completed the homework.'