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Active and Passive Verb Voice 1

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


The goalie slapped the puck away from the net.

a)

active

b)

passive

2.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


The puck was slapped away from the net by the goalie.

a)

active

b)

passive

3.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


The ingredients are listed on the label.

a)

active

b)

passive

4.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


The Eiffel Tower, the gigantic steel structure without walls, was built in 1889.

a)

active

b)

passive

5.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


After the mixture had reached a temperature of 33 degrees Kelvin, an alkaline substance was added.

a)

active

b)

passive

6.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


Everybody in the training squadron successfully passed the final exams.

a)

active

b)

passive

7.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


Uncle Phil’s entire estate was left to his niece Alexis.

a)

active

b)

passive

8.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


All good writing students must follow the rules of grammar.

a)

active

b)

passive

9.

Is the following sentence written in ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice?


When eligible, Tom Brady will be nominated to the Hall of Fame by the sportswriters.

a)

active

b)

passive

10.
Active or Passive?
The game will be canceled if not enough players show up.
a)
active
b)
passive
11.
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.
12.
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.
13.
My paper was eaten by my computer.
a)
active
b)
passive
14.
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.
15.
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.
16.
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.