Passive and Active Verbs

Is this sentence passive or active voice?

"I kicked the soccer ball so high in the air"

• Passive

• Active

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Is this an active or passive verb?

"I am shopping for food"

• Passive

• Active

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Is this an active or passive verb?

"Football was played the other day"

• Active

• Passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Is this an active or passive verb?

"I am running on the track so fast"

• Active

• Passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

What is the difference between active and passive voice?

• Active voice is someone doing an action and passive voice is someone denying it.

• Active voice is the subject performing an action and passive is someone receiving the action.

• Active voice is the subject going somewhere or doing something and passive voice is someone watching them do the action.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

In the Medicine Bag, which sentence is a passive voice?

• "Our friends were impressed by our stories about grandpa"

• "A chant was taught to me"

• "His getup was not out of place on the reservation"

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

In the Medicine Bag, which sentence is an active voice?

• "The kids ran to the curb where they watch me and the old man"

• "I stood on the curb unable to move"

• "Mom was standing on the steps"

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

From the Medicine Bag, which sentence is a passive voice?

• "Grandpa relaxed between sips of soup"

• "Grandpa was angrily sitting up in bed..."

• "...And I heard one of them murmur 'wow'"

• "The bag was held..."

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

What is a passive voice?

• When a subject speaks from a different point of view

• When a subject speaks to the active voice

• When a subject receives the action

• When a subject accepts what the active voice is doing no matter what

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

What is an active voice?

• When a subject talks to the passive voice

• When a subject performs an action

• When a subject runs

• When a subject does nothing for themselves

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A