Mastering Voice: Active and Passive

Convert to passive: The chef cooked a delicious meal.

• The chef was cooking a delicious meal.

• A meal was cooked deliciously by the chef.

• A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.

• The meal was deliciously cooked by the chef.

Convert to active:

The song was sung by the choir.

• The choir sang the song.

• The song is sung by the choir.

• The choir has sung the song.

Identify the voice:

The homework was completed by the students.

• Active voice

• Direct voice

• Passive voice

Convert from active to passive:

The Pitt brothers are redecorating our living room next month.

• Our living room is redecorated by The Pitt brothers.

• Our living room will be redecorated next month by The Pitt brothers.

• Our living room is being redecorated next month by The Pitt brothers.

Convert from passive to active:

The cake was baked by my mother.

• My mother baked the cake.

• My mother is baking the cake.

• The cake had been baked.

Convert from active to passive:

The artist painted a beautiful mural.

• A beautiful mural is painted by the artist.

• A beautiful mural was painted by the artist.

• The mural was painted beautifully by the artist.

Convert from active to passive:

John wrote the letter.

• The letter was written by John.

• John is writing the letter.

• John had written the letter.

Identify the voice:

The game was won by the team.

• Passive voice

• Imperative voice

• Active voice

Complete with the correct form:

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa ... (paint) on canvas.

Complete with the correct form:

I threw the ball and it ... (catch) by the dog.