Active and Passive Quiz: Okubo

Reorder the following into a passive voice sentence:

• Frank Tinker

• Louie and Phil

• .

• was befriended by

Reorder the following into an active voice sentence:

• metal

• dog tags

• Japanese officials

• confiscated

• .

Match the following sentences with the correct voice and tense.

• passive voice

  past tense

• Louie was served a meal by the producers.

• active voice

  past tense

• The producers serve Louie a meal.

• passive voice

  future tense

• The producers will serve Louie a meal.

• active voice

  present tense

• Louie will be served a meal by the producers.

• active voice

  future tense

• The producers served Louie a meal.

Make the following sentences passive:

Okubo's European odyssey ​ (a)   short.

Okubo ​ (b)   the U.S. Army to create mosaic and fresco murals.

Although Okubo and Toku were American citizens, they ​ (c)   the enemy.

• was cut
• was hired by
• were considered
• cut her trip
• hired
• considered

Why would an author choose to use passive voice? (choose two)

• to emphasize the recipient of the action

• to slow down the text

• to show what happened in the past

• to speed up the text

• to confuse readers

Why would an author choose to use active voice? (choose two)

• to emphasize the party doing the action

• to slow down the text

• to show what happened in the past

• to speed up the text

• to confuse readers

Write your own sentence in active voice.

Write your own sentence in passive voice.

Which of the following is passive?

• "Okubo wanted to document..."

• "The camps were designed..."

• "[Okubo] and Toku lived under strict rules..."

• "[Okubo] experienced isolation..."

Which of the following is in active voice?

• "They left home unsure..."

• "The camps...were located in the middle of the desert..."

• "110,000 people of Japanese heritage were moved..."

• "They were considered the enemy..."