Active and Passive Voice Quiz

Identify the active voice sentence: The dog was walked by the boy.

• The boy walked the dog.

• The dog was walking the boy.

• The dog walked the boy.

• The boy was walking the dog.

Identify the passive voice sentence: The teacher explained the lesson.

• The lesson was explained by the student.

• The student explained the lesson.

• The lesson was explained by the teacher.

• The teacher explained the lesson quickly.

Identify the active voice sentence: The book was read by the student.

• The book is being read by the student.

• The student read the book.

• The student was reading the book.

• The book read the student.

Identify the passive voice sentence: The chef prepared the meal.

• The chef prepares the meal.

• The meal is being prepared by the chef.

• The meal was prepared by the chef.

• The meal prepared the chef.

Convert the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The letter was written by Sarah.

• Sarah has written the letter.

• The letter was being written by Sarah.

• Sarah wrote the letter.

• The letter was writing by Sarah.

Convert the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The cake was baked by my mom.

• The cake was made by my mom.

• The cake was bought by my mom.

• The cake was eaten by my mom.

• My mom baked the cake.

Convert the following passive voice sentence to active voice: The house was built by the construction company.

• The house built the construction company.

• The house was building the construction company.

• The construction company was building the house.

• The construction company built the house.

Explain how active voice impacts sentence structure.

• Active voice places the verb at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the subject and then the object.

• Active voice places the subject at the end of the sentence, followed by the object and then the verb.

• Active voice places the subject at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the verb and then the object.

• Active voice places the object at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the verb and then the subject.

Explain how passive voice impacts sentence structure.

• Passive voice simplifies the sentence structure and clarifies the doer of the action.

• Passive voice makes the sentence structure more complex and can obscure the doer of the action.

• Passive voice makes the sentence structure less complex and highlights the doer of the action.

• Passive voice has no impact on sentence structure.

Discuss the importance of using active voice in writing.

• Active voice helps to clearly identify the subject performing the action in a sentence.

• Active voice makes the writing more confusing and unclear.

• Using active voice is not important and does not impact the clarity of the writing.

• Passive voice is always preferred over active voice in writing.