Identify Active and Passive Voice

Which sentence is in active voice?

• The boy was brought to the nurse's office.

• The boy was told to wait for the nurse.

• The principal saw the boy pulling on his loose tooth.

• The loose tooth was pulled out.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The difficult sonata was played by the talented pianist.

• The difficult sonata played the talented pianist.

• The difficult pianist was played by the talented sonata.

• The talented pianist played the difficult sonata.

• No change. It is already in active voice.

They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.

• was being interviewed

• was interviewed

• has been interviewed

The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.

• has been destroyed

• was being destroyed

• is destroyed

Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?

• Mom is fixing dinner right now.

• Paul made that model airplane.

• A grand slam home run was hit by the catcher.

Make this active: Timmy threw the baseball at Cindy.

• Cindy thew the baseball.

• The baseball that was thrown at Cindy was done by Timmy.

• No change.

• Timmy will throw the baseball are Cindy.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?

Everybody in the training squadron successfully passed the final exams.

• active

• passive

Answer explanation

The sentence 'Everybody in the training squadron successfully passed the final exams' is in active voice because the subject 'Everybody' performs the action of passing the exams, rather than receiving the action.

Active or Passive Voice?

Serena made a delicious cheesecake.

• Active

• Passive

Answer explanation

The sentence 'Serena made a delicious cheesecake' is in active voice because the subject (Serena) performs the action (made) directly on the object (cheesecake). In passive voice, the object would come first.

Active or Passive Voice?

The delicious cheesecake was made by Serena.

• Active

• Passive

Answer explanation

The sentence "The delicious cheesecake was made by Serena" is in passive voice because the subject (cheesecake) receives the action rather than performing it. The doer of the action (Serena) is mentioned later in the sentence.

My sister was attacked by dogs

• Active voice

• Passive voice

Answer explanation

The sentence 'My sister was attacked by dogs' is in passive voice because the subject (my sister) receives the action rather than performing it. The focus is on the action done to her, not on who did it.