Active and Passive Tense

The subject of a sentence is...

• A person or thing that performs the action of the sentence.
• The main action of the sentence.
• The element that receives the action.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is active voice?

• When the subject performs the action expressed in the verb.
• When the subject receives the action expressed in the verb
• When the narrator describes a current action

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Determine the voice of the following sentence:
Barack Obama was elected president in 2008.

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Determine the voice of the following sentence: We must warn them of the danger!

• active
• passive

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

_{Change the following sentence to passive voice.}
She prints the documents.

• The documents is printed by her
• The documents are being printed by her
• The documents are printed by her
• The documents was printed by her

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Give the right form from this active sentence.
The winner collects a high award.

• A high award has been collected.
• A high award was collected by the winner.
• A high award is collected by the winner.
• A high award had been collected by the winner.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

_{Pass the following sentences to passive voice.}
They sent the letter.

• the letter is sent by them
• the letter are sending by them
• the letter is sent by they
• the letter was sent by them

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

_{Pass the following sentence to passive voice.}
He wrote a book

• The book is wrote by he
• the book was written by her
• the book was written by him
• the book was been written by she

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

_{Pass the following sentence to passive voice.}
Mary orders the drinks.

• The drinks was  ordered by she
• The drinks were ordered by her
• The drinks are ordered by her
• The drinks is ordered by her

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

Which is an example of passive voice?

• The man rode his bike to  work.
• The food was cooked by the chef.
• The girl played with the dog.
• Timmy fed his cat.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A