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Active Vs Passive Voice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Active or Passive?
I hate homework.
a)
active
b)
passive
2.
Active or Passive?
The game will be canceled if not enough players show up.
a)
active
b)
passive
3.
Make an active voice
The presents were delivered to our home by Santa and Rudolph.
a)
Santa and Rudolph deliver the presents to our home.
b)
Santa and Rudolph delivered the presents to our home.
c)
Santa and Rudolph have delivered the presents to our home.
d)
Santa and Rudolph had delivered the presents to our home.
4.
Make a passive voice
The doctor treated the patient for pneumonia. 
a)
The patient is treated for pneumonia.
b)
The patient was treated for pneumonia.
c)
The patient has been treated for pneumonia.
d)
The patient had been treated for pneumonia.
5.
My paper was eaten by my computer.
a)
active
b)
passive
6.
My computer ate my paper
a)
active
b)
passive
7.
Which of the following does not use active voice?
a)
Jacob Marley, a ghost, visited his old colleague Scrooge.
b)
Scrooge's old colleague, Jacob Marley, visited him as a ghost.
c)
Scrooge is visited first by the ghost of his old colleague Jacob Marley.
d)
As a ghost, Jacob Marley visited his old colleague Scrooge.
8.
Which of the following should be revised for active voice? 
a)
The story begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve in London.
b)
On a cold and bleak Christmas Eve, the story is told in London by a narrator.
c)
On a cold and bleak Christmas Eve, the story begins in London. 
d)
In London, the story begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve.
9.
What is passive voice?
a)
a calmer way of talking
b)
when the subject is not acted upon; but is still in past tense
c)
when the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon
10.
Make an active voice
The oven has been tested by the best chefs in the world.
a)
The best chefs in the world test the oven.
b)
The best chefs in the world tested the oven.
c)
The best chefs in the world have tested the oven.
d)
The best chefs in the world had tested the oven.
11.
Which sentence is written in ACTIVE voice?
a)
The burger was cooked medium-well.
b)
I cooked the burger medium-well.
c)
The burger was cooked medium-well by me.
d)
Both A and B are correct.
12.

In the passive voice, we always know who performs the action.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence.

a)

Active voice

b)

Passive voice

14.

Joe watered the flowers. Which sentence is written in the correct passive form?

a)

The flowers were watered by Joe

b)

The watered flowers by Joe

15.

Fill in the blank space below:

A sentence is written in __________ voice when the subject of the sentence is performing the action.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

16.

Mark the sentences in the passive voice.

a)

Apple is known for its innovative devices.

b)

My brother works at an IT company.

c)

They sold the company for 3 billion dollars.

d)

He has been named as the most influential man of the 21th century.

17.
Active or Passive?
The students watch videos, use computers, and complete exercises every day in class.
a)
active
b)
passive
18.

Choose the sentence that is written in active voice.

a)

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

b)

The owner guided the horse away from the stables.

19.

In a sentence that is written in active voice, where does the subject appear?

a)

In the next sentence

b)

At the end of the sentence

c)

In the beginning of the sentence

d)

I don't know

20.

What are the components of active voice?

a)

The subject does the action.

b)

The object is at the beginning of the sentence.

c)

The subject comes before the verb.

d)

Active voice makes your writing clear.