Active vs Passive Voice Lesson

Which sentence is best suited to describe the action of the subject?

• The girl kicks the ball

• The ball is kicked by the girl

• The girl kick the ball

The boy sleeps in class. Is this sentence written in the active or passive voice?

• Active

• Passive

Rewrite the following in the passive voice:

The girl carries the books

• Books are carried by the girl

• Books by the girl are carried

The grammatical structure for English sentences are?

• Subject, Verb, Object (noun)

• Subject, Noun, Verb

We took our children to the circus. Which of the following is the passive form of this sentence?

• The children were taken to the circus.

• The circus was taken to the children

Active Voice: The subject of the sentence is the one doing the action.

• True

• False

The clerk was helping the customer. Is this sentence written in the Active or Passive Voice?

• Active

• Passive

The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

• Active voice

• Passive voice

Active Voice sentence:

• Walt Disney drew Mickey Mouse

• Mickey Mouse is drawn by Walt Disney

Sentence A is a or an

• Active voice sentence

• Passive voice sentence