Active and Passive Voice

Is the following sentence in active or passive?

A house is being built by Tom.

• Passive

• Active

Choose the sentence that is in the active voice.

• I was writing.

• My purse has been stolen by someone.

Choose the rule that does not belong.

• Underline the verb.

• Divide the sentence into: subject, verb, object.

• Rewrite the sentence in the past tense

• Begin with the object.

The active voice tells us what....

• the object is doing.

• verb does in a sentence.

• what the person is doing in the sentence.

• what the object is doing in the sentence.

A passive sentence tells us...

• what is being done to someone or something.

• that the noun needs to be replaced.

• that the sentences must change.

• that the sentence begins with the subject.

Choose the correct order for a passive sentence.

• subject - noun - object

• noun - verb - object

• object - verb - subject

• object - noun - subject

Choose the correct order for an active sentence.

• object - verb - noun

• subject - verb - object

• object - verb - subject

• noun - verb - object

Is the following sentence active or passive?

People will admire him.

• Passive

• Active

Is the following sentence active or passive voice?

Her work had been finished by her.

• Passive

• Active

Is the sentence active or passive?

The whole cake was eaten by my brother.

• Active

• Passive