Active and passive voice
Grade 6: active voice, passive voice, who did the action, change active to passive, when the passive is used.
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Which sentence is in the active voice?
- The ball is being chased.
- The ball was chased by the dog.
- The ball was chased yesterday.
- The dog chased the ball.
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The dog chased the ball.In an active sentence, the subject does the action. (True or false?)
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TrueWhich sentence is active?
- A story is read by our teacher.
- Our teacher reads a story.
- The story had been read.
- The story was read aloud.
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Our teacher reads a story.Which sentence is in the passive voice?
- A ball broke the window.
- The ball hit the window.
- The window was broken by a ball.
- Tom kicked the ball.
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The window was broken by a ball.A passive verb is a form of 'be' plus which part of the verb?
- The adverb
- The infinitive
- The past participle
- The present participle
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The past participle'The letter was written by Sam' is an active sentence. (True or false?)
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FalseWhich sentence tells us who did the action?
- The song was sung at night.
- The song was sung by the choir.
- The song was sung loudly.
- The song was sung twice.
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The song was sung by the choir.Which word usually introduces the doer in a passive sentence?
- by
- for
- to
- with
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byChange to passive: 'The chef cooked the soup.'
- The chef was cooked by the soup.
- The soup cooked the chef.
- The soup is cooking by the chef.
- The soup was cooked by the chef.
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The soup was cooked by the chef.Change to passive: 'Lena opened the door.' (Answer out loud)
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The door was opened by Lena.Change to active: 'The race was won by Omar.'
- Omar has been won the race.
- Omar was winning the race.
- Omar won the race.
- The race won Omar.
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Omar won the race.The passive can be used when we do not know who did the action. (True or false?)
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TrueWe don't know who took the bike. Which sentence fits best?
- I took my bike.
- My bike took the thief.
- My bike was taken.
- The thief took my bike.
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My bike was taken.Name the voice of this sentence: 'The tree was planted in 1990.' (Answer out loud)
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PassiveChange to passive: 'The children painted the wall.' (Answer out loud)
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The wall was painted by the children.When is the passive voice most useful?
- When asking a question
- When the action matters more than the doer
- When the doer is most important
- When writing very short sentences
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When the action matters more than the doer
Play it as a game
Penalty KickAnswer right to take a penalty: left or right for 2, the top corner for 3. Will the keeper save it?
Fishing PondAnswer right to cast at a buoy: fish worth 1 to 3, the golden fish for 5, or a silly old boot!
Claw MachineAnswer right to work the claw: grab a plush prize, but the big ones slip more often!
Lucky DropAnswer right to drop a ball through the pegs. Every bucket scores, and the golden one is worth 10!