10 questions
6th - 9th Grade
English
Designed for English learners in Grades 6–9, Active and Passive Voices Quiz provides focused practice distinguishing active voice from passive voice in complete sentences. The 10 multiple-choice questions ask students to identify each voice, select an active or passive example, classify true-or-false statements, and locate the verb or verb phrase that signals the voice. Items include forms such as “will hire,” “had been delivered,” and “would have been fixed,” giving students practice recognizing voice across different verb constructions. This free printable worksheet helps teachers check whether students can identify who performs an action, recognize when the subject receives it, and use the relevant verb structure as evidence rather than relying on sentence meaning alone. It works as guided practice, independent review, or a short formative assessment for middle and early high school English instruction. A complete answer key is included for efficient checking and feedback.
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WorksheetsAnswer KeyThe story was told by the tribal elders.
We dressed in traditional clothes for the party.
Active voice
Passive voice
Passive voice
will hire
had been delivered
True
False
True
This Grade 6–9 English worksheet uses 10 multiple-choice questions to assess whether students can distinguish active voice from passive voice in complete sentences. Students identify each voice, judge true-or-false voice statements, and select the verb or verb phrase that signals the construction, including forms such as “will hire” and “had been delivered.”
Introduce active voice as a construction in which the subject performs the action and passive voice as one in which the subject receives it, then model how the verb structure provides evidence. Before students complete the multiple-choice items, have them mark the subject, action verb or verb phrase, and receiver when present; afterward, discuss why forms with auxiliary verbs and past participles can indicate passive voice.
Students may choose a voice based only on the first word or on whether a sentence contains a named performer, overlooking passive constructions that do not emphasize the agent. They may also select only “delivered” instead of the full passive verb phrase “had been delivered,” or miss that “will hire” functions as the active verb in a future-tense sentence. Review the difference between identifying the complete verb phrase and identifying nearby nouns such as the subject or object.
This worksheet is available as a printable PDF and as a digital quiz on Wayground, and it includes a complete answer key for all 10 multiple-choice questions. For printable submissions, teachers can scan student work with the Wayground for Teachers app to support grading and review.
For the sentence-based multiple-choice items, use the worksheet’s Advanced Settings to adjust font spacing or choose a larger font size so students can track each sentence and its answer choices more easily. You can also enable a dyslexia-friendly font or translate the worksheet into another language when those options support access to the voice-identification task.
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