Mastering Active and Passive Voice

What is the active voice of the sentence: 'The cake was eaten by the children'?

• The cake was eaten by the children.

• The children will eat the cake.

• The children are eating the cake.

• The children ate the cake.

Identify the passive voice in the following sentence: 'The teacher praised the student.'

• The sentence is in active voice.

• The sentence is in passive voice.

• The student was praised by the teacher.

• The sentence is in future tense.

Convert the following sentence to passive voice: 'The dog chased the cat.'

• The dog was chased by the cat.

• The dog is chasing the cat.

• The cat chased the dog.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

Which of the following sentences is in active voice? A) The book was read by Sarah. B) Sarah read the book.

• Sarah was reading the book.

• The book is being read by Sarah.

• The book has been read by Sarah.

• B) Sarah read the book.

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

• The choir was singing the song.

• The choir sang the song.

• The song is sung by the choir.

• The choir will sing the song.

What is the main difference between active and passive voice?

• Active voice is used for questions, while passive voice is used for statements.

• In active voice, the subject is passive; in passive voice, the subject is active.

• In active voice, the subject is acted upon; in passive voice, the subject acts.

• In active voice, the subject acts; in passive voice, the subject is acted upon.

Identify the active voice in this sentence: 'The artist painted a beautiful mural.'

• The mural was painted beautifully by the artist.

• A beautiful mural was painted by the artist.

• The artist's beautiful mural was painted.

• The artist painted a beautiful mural.

Transform this sentence into passive voice: 'The chef cooked a delicious meal.'

• A delicious meal is cooked by the chef.

• The meal was deliciously cooked by the chef.

• A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.

• The chef was cooking a delicious meal.

Which sentence is an example of passive voice? A) The flowers bloomed in spring. B) The homework was completed by the students.

• The flowers were blooming in spring.

• The students completed the homework.

• The teacher graded the tests.

• B) The homework was completed by the students.

Rewrite the following sentence in active voice: 'The novel was written by the famous author.'

• The novel was written by the author.

• The novel is written by a famous author.

• The famous author wrote the novel.

• The famous author is writing the novel.