Passive Voice Skills

Identify the subject and object in the following sentence: The cake was baked by Mary.

• Subject: Mary, Object: The cake

• Subject: The cake, Object: baked by Mary

• Subject: The cake, Object: Mary

• Subject: Mary, Object: baked

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice? A) John ate the pizza. B) The pizza was eaten by John.

• B) The pizza was eaten by John

• A) The pizza was eaten by Mary.

• D) The pizza ate John.

• C) John was eating the pizza.

Rewrite the sentence 'The teacher explained the lesson' in passive voice.

• The lesson explained the teacher.

• The teacher explained the lesson well.

• The lesson was explained by the student.

• The lesson was explained by the teacher.

True or False: Passive voice always includes a form of the verb 'to be'.

• Rarely

• False

• True

• Sometimes

Choose the passive voice sentence: A) She is writing a novel. B) A novel is being written by her.

• Her writing a novel

• A novel was written by her

• She wrote a novel

• B) A novel is being written by her

In the sentence 'The book was read by me', who is the subject?

• book

• was

• me

• read

Convert the sentence 'They built a new house' into passive voice.

• A new house was building by them.

• A new house was built by them.

• A new house was built by themselves.

• They built a new house themselves.

Which sentence is in active voice? A) The letter was written by Sarah. B) Sarah wrote the letter.

• Sarah wrote the letter

• Sarah writes the letter.

• Sarah written the letter.

• The letter was written by Sarah.

Identify the object in the sentence: The movie was watched by the audience.

• movie

• audience

• theater

• popcorn

Change the sentence 'The dog chased the cat' to passive voice.

• The cat chased the dog.

• The dog was chased by the cat.

• The cat was chasing by the dog.

• The cat was chased by the dog.