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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I ate a piece of chocolate cake.

a)

Active Voice

b)

Passive Voice

2.

The movie is being made in Hollywood.

a)

Active Voice

b)

Passive Voice

3.

Which sentence is in active voice?

a)

The boy was brought to the nurse's office.

b)

The boy was told to wait for the nurse.

c)

The principal saw the boy pulling on his loose tooth.

d)

The loose tooth was pulled out.

4.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The difficult sonata was played by the talented pianist.

a)

The difficult sonata played the talented pianist.

b)

The difficult pianist was played by the talented sonata.

c)

The talented pianist played the difficult sonata.

d)

No change. It is already in active voice.

5.

Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The winning goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean.

a)

The game was won by Sean, who scored the last goal for the Tigers.

b)

Sean scored the winning goal for the Tigers.

c)

The last goal for the Tigers was scored by Sean, which led to their win.

d)

No change. It is already in the active voice.

6.

They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.

a)

was being interviewed

b)

was interviewed

c)

has been interviewed

7.

The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.

This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.

a)

has been brought up

b)

is brought up

c)

was brought up

8.

The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.

a)

has been destroyed

b)

was being destroyed

c)

is destroyed

9.

She would reject the offer.

The offer ________________ by her.

a)

will have been rejected

b)

would be rejected

c)

will be rejected

10.

Which of the following sentences is NOT written in active voice?

a)

Many scientists are studying the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.

b)

Experiments were conducted by scientists on Lake Winnipeg, Canada.

c)

Scientists have questioned some reports about the monster.

11.

Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?

a)

Mom is fixing dinner right now.

b)

Paul made that model airplane.

c)

A grand slam home run was hit by the catcher.

12.

Make this active:

Timmy threw the baseball at Cindy.

a)

Cindy thew the baseball.

b)

The baseball that was thrown at Cindy was done by Timmy.

c)

No change.

d)

Timmy will throw the baseball are Cindy.

13.

"Hakuna Matata" was sung by Timon, Pumba and Simba.

a)

Active

b)

Passive

14.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


The goalie slapped the puck away from the net.

a)

active

b)

passive

15.

Identify the SUBJECT and the MAIN VERB from the following sentence:


The ingredients are listed on the label.

a)

ingredients, are listed

b)

label, are listed

c)

ingredients, label

d)

label, ingredients