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Active and passive voice Grade 6 · Reading & writing · 16 questions Back to the game Tip: print on A4, cut the flashcards along the dashed lines. The answers are on the last page. Print: Worksheet Answers Worksheet: Active and passive voice Name:Class: Answer the questions. Which sentence is in the active voice? a) The ball is being chased.b) The ball was chased by the dog.c) The ball was chased yesterday.d) The dog chased the ball. In an active sentence, the subject does the action. a) Trueb) False Which sentence is active? a) A story is read by our teacher.b) Our teacher reads a story.c) The story had been read.d) The story was read aloud. Which sentence is in the passive voice? a) A ball broke the window.b) The ball hit the window.c) The window was broken by a ball.d) Tom kicked the ball. A passive verb is a form of 'be' plus which part of the verb? a) The adverbb) The infinitivec) The past participled) The present participle 'The letter was written by Sam' is an active sentence. a) Trueb) False Which sentence tells us who did the action? a) The song was sung at night.b) The song was sung by the choir.c) The song was sung loudly.d) The song was sung twice. Which word usually introduces the doer in a passive sentence? a) byb) forc) tod) with Change to passive: 'The chef cooked the soup.' a) The chef was cooked by the soup.b) The soup cooked the chef.c) The soup is cooking by the chef.d) The soup was cooked by the chef. Change to passive: 'Lena opened the door.' Change to active: 'The race was won by Omar.' a) Omar has been won the race.b) Omar was winning the race.c) Omar won the race.d) The race won Omar. The passive can be used when we do not know who did the action. a) Trueb) False We don't know who took the bike. Which sentence fits best? a) I took my bike.b) My bike took the thief.c) My bike was taken.d) The thief took my bike. Name the voice of this sentence: 'The tree was planted in 1990.' Change to passive: 'The children painted the wall.' When is the passive voice most useful? a) When asking a questionb) When the action matters more than the doerc) When the doer is most importantd) When writing very short sentences Answers The dog chased the ball. True Our teacher reads a story. The window was broken by a ball. The past participle False The song was sung by the choir. by The soup was cooked by the chef. The door was opened by Lena. Omar won the race. True My bike was taken. Passive The wall was painted by the children. When the action matters more than the doer

Active and passive voice

Grade 6 · Reading & writing · 16 questions

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Worksheet: Active and passive voice

Name:Class:

Answer the questions.

Which sentence is in the active voice?
a) The ball is being chased.b) The ball was chased by the dog.c) The ball was chased yesterday.d) The dog chased the ball.
In an active sentence, the subject does the action.
a) Trueb) False
Which sentence is active?
a) A story is read by our teacher.b) Our teacher reads a story.c) The story had been read.d) The story was read aloud.
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
a) A ball broke the window.b) The ball hit the window.c) The window was broken by a ball.d) Tom kicked the ball.
A passive verb is a form of 'be' plus which part of the verb?
a) The adverbb) The infinitivec) The past participled) The present participle
'The letter was written by Sam' is an active sentence.
a) Trueb) False
Which sentence tells us who did the action?
a) The song was sung at night.b) The song was sung by the choir.c) The song was sung loudly.d) The song was sung twice.
Which word usually introduces the doer in a passive sentence?
a) byb) forc) tod) with
Change to passive: 'The chef cooked the soup.'
a) The chef was cooked by the soup.b) The soup cooked the chef.c) The soup is cooking by the chef.d) The soup was cooked by the chef.
Change to passive: 'Lena opened the door.'
Change to active: 'The race was won by Omar.'
a) Omar has been won the race.b) Omar was winning the race.c) Omar won the race.d) The race won Omar.
The passive can be used when we do not know who did the action.
a) Trueb) False
We don't know who took the bike. Which sentence fits best?
a) I took my bike.b) My bike took the thief.c) My bike was taken.d) The thief took my bike.
Name the voice of this sentence: 'The tree was planted in 1990.'
Change to passive: 'The children painted the wall.'
When is the passive voice most useful?
a) When asking a questionb) When the action matters more than the doerc) When the doer is most importantd) When writing very short sentences

Answers

The dog chased the ball.
True
Our teacher reads a story.
The window was broken by a ball.
The past participle
False
The song was sung by the choir.
by
The soup was cooked by the chef.
The door was opened by Lena.
Omar won the race.
True
My bike was taken.
Passive
The wall was painted by the children.
When the action matters more than the doer