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WorksheetsP.6 - Active and Passive
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which sentence(s) is(are) written in active voice?
The burger was cooked medium-well.
I cooked the burger medium-well.
The burger was cooked medium-well by me.
Mum didn’t cook the burger medium-well.
Change the sentence into a passive voice sentence.
She prints the documents.
The documents is printed by her.
The documents are being printed by her.
The documents are printed by her.
The documents was printed by her.
The following sentence is an example of active voice sentence.
Mum will lock the door.
True
False
Mr. Maged ____________ at the telephone company.
employs
employed
is employed
Is employing
I still can’t believe it! My bicycle ____________ last night.
is stolen
has been stolen
was stolen
stole
Over 5,000 babies ______________ born in this hospital every year.
have been
would be
are
have been
English ____________ by everyone in this country.
is understood
has been understood
is understand
has been understood
Active: The professor told him not to talk in class.
Passive: He _______________ by the professor ____________ in class.
will be told ... not to talk
was told ... do not talk
will be told ... do not talk
was told ... not to talk
Active: They will hold the meeting in his office tomorrow.
Passive: The meeting ________________in his office tomorrow.
will be held
will being held
will hold
will be hold
Check one(s) is(are) the true about passive voice sentences?
The focus is on the action or the receiver of the action.
The focus is on the doer of the action.
It is always in present tense form.
A passive voice sentence can be a negative sentence (i.e. with ‘not’).
This accident will never be ___________ (forget) by me.
forgot
forgotton
forgotten
foreign
The dinner ____________ (prepare) by me tomorrow.
is prepare
prepare
will prepare
will be prepared
Alicia ____________(buy) a new iPad next week.
will buy
will be bought
will be brought
is bought
Change the sentence into an active voice sentence.
The deer was bitten by the lion.
The lion bite the deer.
The lion bites the deer.
The lion bit the deer.
The lion bits the deer.
Change the sentence into a passive sentence.
The car hits the students.
The students were hit by the car.
The students hit by the car.
The students are hitten by the car.
The students are hit by the car.
Change the sentence into a passive voice sentence.
We took cookies to school.
Cookies were took to school by us.
Cookies were taken to school by us.
Cookies took to school by us.
Cookies were token to school by us.
Change the sentence into an active voice sentence.
Flowers are watered by gardeners.
Gardeners are flowers.
Gardeners water flowers.
Gardeners are water flowers.
Flowers water gardeners.
The stories ____________ (tell) by the teacher in class every Monday.
tell
told
were told
are told
Letters to Santa Claus ____________(write) by kids all over the world every Christmas.
have been written
are written
will be written
are to written
Three songs ___________(sing) by the choir in the performance tomorrow.
will be sung
will be singing
will sing
will sung
