Active and passive voices.

In active/passive sentences, the focus is more on the action, or on the person or thing rhat receives the action.

• Active

• Passiive

In active/passive sentences, the focus is on the person or thing that does the action.

• Active

• Passiive

1. The cake ______ by Sarah.

• Was baked

• Baked

• Bakes

• Is baking

18. The speech ______ by the president.

• Was given

• Gives

• Give

• Given

7. The house ______ by the construction workers.

• Was built

• Built

• Build

• Builds

23. The exam ______ by the students.

• Was taken

• Takes

• Take

• Taking

30. The book ______ by the students.

• Was read

• Reads

• Read

• Reading

Fill the blank with the correct form of the verb (Active or passive):

Apollo 13 was launched (launch) on April 11th 1970. It was the third manned US mission to the Moon. But two days into the flight, the astronauts ​_____ (hear) an explosion.

Look at the sentence. Decide it is passive (P) or active (A).

1. 1. Spacesuits have to be worn inside the spacecraft.

• P

• A

Look at the sentence. Decide it is passive (P) or active (A).

1. 2. You must wear spacesuits inside the spacecraft.

• P

• A