Passive Voice Mastery

Convert the active voice sentence 'John built the house' to passive voice.

• The house was building by John

• John was building the house

• The house was built by John

• The house was built by Peter

Differentiate between active and passive voice: Active - The dog chased the cat. Passive - The cat was chased by the dog.

• Passive voice is more commonly used in formal writing.

• Active voice is always longer than passive voice.

• Active voice has the subject performing the action, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action.

• Active voice is only used in past tense.

Apply passive voice in the following sentence: The teacher explained the lesson to the students.

• The lesson was explained to the students.

• The students were explained the lesson by the teacher.

• The lesson was explaining to the students.

• The teacher was explaining the lesson to the students.

Identify the passive voice sentence: The letter was written by Sarah.

• Sarah wrote the letter

• The letter was written by Sarah

• The letter was writing by Sarah

• Sarah was writing the letter

Convert the active voice sentence 'She sings a song' to passive voice.

• She has sung a song.

• She is singing a song.

• A song is sung by her.

• A song is being sung by her.

Differentiate between active and passive voice: Active - The chef cooked the meal. Passive - The meal was cooked by the chef.

• Active voice is more formal than passive voice in writing.

• Active voice always uses the past tense, while passive voice uses the present tense.

• Active voice has the subject performing the action, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action.

• Active voice involves the use of adverbs, while passive voice does not.

Apply passive voice in the following sentence: The company launched a new product last week.

• A new product was launched last week by the company.

• The new product was launched by the company last week.

• The company had launched a new product last week.

• Last week, a new product was launched by the company.

Convert the passive voice sentence 'The book was read by Tom' to active voice.

• Tom read the book.

• The book was reading by Tom.

• The book read by Tom.

• Tom was reading the book.

Identify the active voice sentence: The car was driven by Peter.

• Peter drove the car.

• The car was driven by Peter.

• The car drove by Peter.

• Peter was driving the car.

Differentiate between active and passive voice: Active - The student answered the question. Passive - The question was answered by the student.

• Active voice is more commonly used in formal writing.

• Active voice has the subject performing the action, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action.

• Active voice always uses the past tense, while passive voice uses the present tense.

• Active voice involves the use of adverbs, while passive voice does not.