Passive and Active Verbs

Is this sentence passive or active voice?

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

• Passive

• Active

Is this an active or passive verb?

"I am shopping for food"

• Passive

• Active

Is this an active or passive verb?

"Football was played the other day"

• Active

• Passive

Is this an active or passive verb?

"I am running on the track so fast"

• Active

• Passive

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.

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"

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

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..."

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

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