Active and Passive Voice

1. Choose the active voice sentence:

• a) The cake is baked by John.
  

• b) John bakes the cake.
  

• c) The cake was baked by John.
  

• d) The cake is being baked.

Answer explanation

Active voice uses SVO format (Subject, Verb, Object)

2. What is the passive voice of "She reads the book"?

• a) The book read by her.
  

• b) The book is reading by her.
  

• c) The book is read by her.
  

• d) The book was read by her.

Answer explanation

Passive Voice follows the OVS format (Object, Verb (is + past participle) + Subject

3. In the sentence "The car is washed by him," who is washing the car?

• a) Him
  

• b) The car
  

• c) The car and him
  

• d) teacher Farhana

Answer explanation

In passive voice, the subject is still the one doing the action, which is him

4. What is the active voice of "The letter is written by Sarah"?

• a) The letter writes Sarah.

• b) Sarah is writing the letter.
  

• c) Sarah wrote the letter.
  

• d) Sarah writes the letter.
  

Answer explanation

Active voice uses the base form of a verb. (no -ing, must be in present tense)

5. Which sentence is in the passive voice?

• a) The dog chased the ball.
  

• b) The ball is chased by the dog.
  

• c) The dog is chasing the ball.
  

• d) The dog will chase the ball.

Answer explanation

Passive voice uses the OVS format (Object, Verb (is + past participle + subject)

6. Change "Tom paints the house" to the passive voice.

• a) The house paints Tom.
  

• b) The house is painted by Tom.
  

• c) Tom is painting the house.
  

• d) The house was painted by Tom.

Answer explanation

OVS (object, verb (is + past participle), object)

7. In the sentence "The flowers were watered by Mary," what is the subject?

• a) The flowers
  

• b) Mary
  

• c) Were watered
  

• d) Mary and the flowers

8. Choose the active voice sentence:

• a) The ball is kicked by Anna.
  

• b) The ball has been kicked.

• c) The ball was kicked by Anna.
  

• d) Anna kicks the ball.

9. Change "The story was told by the teacher" to the active voice:

• a) The story told the teacher.
  

• b) The teacher told the story.
  

• c) The story tells the teacher.
  

• d) The teacher is telling the story.

10. Change "The book was read by the student" to the active voice:

• a) The student reads the book.
  

• b) The student is reading the book.
  

• c) The student read the book.
  

• d) The book reads the student.