# 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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- Subject: Reading & writing
- Level: Grade 6
- Practice: 16
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## Questions

1. 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.)
   Answer: The dog chased the ball.
2. In an active sentence, the subject does the action.
   Answer: True
3. Which 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.)
   Answer: Our teacher reads a story.
4. 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.)
   Answer: The window was broken by a ball.
5. A passive verb is a form of 'be' plus which part of the verb? (The adverb / The infinitive / The past participle / The present participle)
   Answer: The past participle
6. 'The letter was written by Sam' is an active sentence.
   Answer: False
7. Which 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.)
   Answer: The song was sung by the choir.
8. Which word usually introduces the doer in a passive sentence? (by / for / to / with)
   Answer: by
9. Change 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.)
   Answer: The soup was cooked by the chef.
10. Change to passive: 'Lena opened the door.'
   Answer: The door was opened by Lena.
11. 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.)
   Answer: Omar won the race.
12. The passive can be used when we do not know who did the action.
   Answer: True
13. We 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.)
   Answer: My bike was taken.
14. Name the voice of this sentence: 'The tree was planted in 1990.'
   Answer: Passive
15. Change to passive: 'The children painted the wall.'
   Answer: The wall was painted by the children.
16. 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)
   Answer: When the action matters more than the doer