Make a passive voice His parents inherited this house years ago.

This house was inherited by his parents years ago.

This house is inherited by his parents years ago.

This house has been inherited by his parents years ago.

This house had been inherited by his parents years ago.

Make a passive voice The doctor treated the patient for pneumonia.

The patient was treated for pneumonia.

The patient is treated for pneumonia.

The patient has been treated for pneumonia.

The patient had been treated for pneumonia.

Choose the correct form for Passive Voice Edison invented the gramophone

The gramophone was invented by Edison.

The gramophone will be invented by Edison.

The gramophone is being invented by Edison.

The gramophone invented by Edison.

Choose the sentence that is written in active voice.

The owner guided the horse away from the stables.

The horse was guided away from the stables by its owner.

Make an active voice The presents were delivered to our home by Santa and Rudolph.

Santa and Rudolph delivered the presents to our home.

Santa and Rudolph deliver the presents to our home.

Santa and Rudolph have delivered the presents to our home.

Santa and Rudolph had delivered the presents to our home.

Which of the following does not use active voice?

Scrooge is visited first by the ghost of his old colleague Jacob Marley.

Jacob Marley, a ghost, visited his old colleague Scrooge.

Scrooge's old colleague, Jacob Marley, visited him as a ghost.

As a ghost, Jacob Marley visited his old colleague Scrooge.

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect passive voice? 'The committee approved the new policy.'

A) The new policy was approved by the committee.

B) The new policy is approved by the committee.

C) The new policy will be approved by the committee.

D) The new policy has been approved by the committee.

Active vs Passive

Quiz

•

English

•

10th Grade

•

Practice Problem

•

Hard

•

CCSS

L.2.1F, RL.11-12.3, L.8.1B

+6

Standards-aligned

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

nothing should change since it is active voice

Letters were written by Miss Strangeworh to the people on Pleasant Street.

Miss Strangeworth writes letters to the people on Pleasant Street.

Pleasant Street has people who received letters written by Miss Strangeworth.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence is written in active voice?

The director will give you instructions.

The victory will be celebrated by the team tomorrow.

Money is generously donated by Bank of America to the homeless shelter.

The video was pasted to Instgram by Alex.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.

The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell.

For the bake sale, two dozen cupcakes will be baked by Susan.

Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In active voice

the subject is active.

the sentence has action.

the subject in the sentence performs the action and typically comes before the action (verb).

the subject in the sentence performs the action and typically comes after the action (verb).

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Active voice tells what a person or thing does.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

Students are given extra points for writing in active voice on their essays by Mrs. Marryat.

While writing their essays, students were given extra points for writing in active voice by Mrs. Marryat.

Mrs. Marryat gave extra points to her wonderful students for using active voice on their essays.

Mrs. Marryat does not give extra points because her students are so excellent they do not need them.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When writing literary analysis

you should always write in present tense using active voice.

you should always write in past tense using active voice.

you should always write in present tense using passive voice.

you should always write in past tense using passive voice.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Apple

Others

Already have an account?

Similar Resources on Wayground

20 questions

English Stereotypes

Quiz

•

10th Grade

20 questions

DOUBLE COMPARISONS

Quiz

•

5th Grade - University

20 questions

B2 Noun Collocations

Quiz

•

8th Grade - Professio...

20 questions

Who's going to the cinema?

Quiz

•

10th Grade

20 questions

200+ T4W10文法測驗

Quiz

•

1st - 10th Grade

20 questions

401- 12/03 Voc.

Quiz

•

10th Grade

25 questions

TI-JEAN AND HIS BROTHERS THE PROLOGUE

Quiz

•

10th - 11th Grade

20 questions

UNIT 3 - LESSONS 1+2

Quiz

•

5th Grade - University

Popular Resources on Wayground

15 questions

Fractions on a Number Line

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

25 questions

Multiplication Facts

Quiz

•

5th Grade

$fractions$

22 questions

fractions

Quiz

•

3rd Grade

20 questions

Main Idea and Details

Quiz

•

5th Grade

20 questions

Context Clues

Quiz

•

6th Grade

15 questions

Equivalent Fractions

Quiz

•

4th Grade

20 questions

Figurative Language Review

Quiz

•

6th Grade

Discover more resources for English

15 questions

Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Quiz

•

4th - 11th Grade

20 questions

Figurative Language Review

Quiz

•

10th Grade

10 questions

Identifying Participles and Participle Phrases

Interactive video

•

6th - 10th Grade

12 questions

IREAD Week 4 - Review

Quiz

•

3rd Grade - University

23 questions

Subject Verb Agreement

Quiz

•

9th Grade - University

20 questions

Colons, semicolons, and commas quiz

Quiz

•

10th Grade

10 questions

Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Interactive video

•

6th - 10th Grade

8 questions

Harrison Bergeron Intro

Quiz

•

9th - 12th Grade

Active vs Passive

25 questions

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

Which sentence is written in active voice?

Which sentence is written in passive voice?

In active voice

Active voice tells what a person or thing does.

How should the following sentence be changed to reflect active voice?

When writing literary analysis

You should never use passive voice for any type of writing.

She took the car to the mechanic.

It was a tough job, but they finished it on time.

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for English