Passive and Active Verbs

The chef cooked a huge pot of spaghetti.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

Which sentence uses passive voice in order to be more polite?

• The questions were not understood.

• Some people did not understand the questions.

What is active voice?

• When the subject performs the verb

• When the subject receives the verb

Convert the following passive verb to active verb: The letter was sent by Sarah.

• The letter was sent by David.

• Sarah sent the letter.

• The letter was sent by John.

• The letter was sent by Mary.

Change the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The house was built by the construction workers.

• The workers built the house.

• The house was constructed by the workers.

• The construction workers were building the house.

• The construction workers built the house.

Which of the following sentences contains an active verb?

• b

• a

• c

• d

Convert the following passive verb to active verb: The cake was eaten by the children.

• The children were eaten by the cake.

• The cake was not eaten by the children.

• The children ate the cake.

• The children did not eat the cake.

Change the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The painting was admired by the visitors.

• The painting admired the visitors.

• The visitors admired the painting.

• The visitors were admired by the painting.

• The painting was not admired by the visitors.

Convert the following passive verb to active verb: The gift was received by John.

• The gift was received by Mary.

• John received the gift.

• The gift was received by Peter.

• The gift was received by Susan.

Convert the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The song was sung by the singer.

• The song was sung by the backup singer.

• The singer's assistant sang the song.

• The singer sang the song.

• The singer sang the song by himself.