Active and Passive Voice

What is the difference between active and passive voice?

• Active voice: the subject performs the action; passive voice: the subject receives the action.

• Active and passive voice do not have a clear difference.

• Active voice: the subject receives the action; passive voice: the subject performs the action.

• Active voice: the action is performed by the object; passive voice: the action is performed by the subject.

Change the following sentence to passive voice: 'He reads a book.'

• He is reading a book.

• The book is read by them.

• The book is read by him.

• The book is read by me.

Change the following sentence to active voice: 'The book was read by him.'

• The book was read by him.

• He reads the book.

• He reads the book quickly.

• He is reading the book.

Identify the active voice in the sentence: 'The children are playing in the park.'

• The children are playing at home.

• The children are studying in class.

• The children are playing in the park.

• The children are running on the road.

Identify the passive voice in the sentence: 'The food was cooked by mother.'

• Mother cooks the food.

• The food is eaten by mother.

• It is mother who cooks the food.

• The food was cooked by mother.

Change the following sentence to passive voice: 'They sang the song.'

• They sang songs.

• The song was sung by me.

• The song was sung by them.

• They sang that song.

Change the following sentence to active voice: 'The song was sung by them.'

• They sang the song beautifully.

• They sang the song on stage.

• The song was sung by them.

• They sang the song.

What is an example of an active sentence?

• The book is read by him.

• He is reading the book.

• The book is read by him.

• He reads the book.

What is an example of a passive sentence?

• The book is read by the student.

• The student reads the book.

• The book is written by the author.

• The student reads that book.

Change the following sentence to passive voice: 'He writes a letter.'

• The letter is written by him.

• The letter is written by them.

• The letter is written by me.

• He writes that letter.