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WorksheetsActive vs Passive Voice...
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which sentence is best suited to describe the action of the subject?
The girl kicks the ball
The ball is kicked by the girl
The girl kick the ball
The boy sleeps in class. Is this sentence written in the active or passive voice?
Active
Passive
Rewrite the following in the passive voice:
The girl carries the books
Books are carried by the girl
Books by the girl are carried
The grammatical structure for English sentences are?
Subject, Verb, Object (noun)
Subject, Noun, Verb
We took our children to the circus. Which of the following is the passive form of this sentence?
The children were taken to the circus.
The circus was taken to the children
Active Voice: The subject of the sentence is the one doing the action.
True
False
The clerk was helping the customer. Is this sentence written in the Active or Passive Voice?
Active
Passive
The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.
Active voice
Passive voice
Active Voice sentence:
Walt Disney drew Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is drawn by Walt Disney
Sentence A is a or an
Active voice sentence
Passive voice sentence
The active voice structure is SOV not SVO
True
All sentences are written in this way- universally
False
Sentences in English are written with a Subject or Noun, a finite Verb and an Object (noun)
Joe watered the flowers. Which sentence is written in the correct passive form?
The flowers were watered by Joe
The watered flowers by Joe
Grade 12C read their Life of Pi. Which sentence is written in the passive form?
Life of Pi was read by the Grade 12 C
Life of Pi was readed by them, the Grade 12 C
Fill in the blank space below:
A sentence is written in __________ voice when the subject of the sentence is performing the action.
Active
Passive
This sentence is written in the ________ voice
Active
Passive
Is this sentence in the active or passive voice?
Active
Passive
What do we add when we want to say who does the action in the passive voice? E.g. The film was directed ____ Guillermo del Toro.
from
by
for
to
Mark the sentences in the passive voice.
Apple is known for its innovative devices.
My brother works at an IT company.
They sold the company for 3 billion dollars.
He has been named as the most influential man of the 21th century.
The oven has been tested by the best chefs in the world.
