Mastering Passive Voice

Transform the sentence: 'The chef cooks the meal' into passive voice.

• The meal is cooked by the chef.

• The meal was cooked by the chef.

• The meal cooks the chef.

• The chef is cooking the meal.

Identify the passive voice in the following sentences

• The book is being read by the entire class.

• The entire class read the book.

• The book was read by the entire class.

• The class is trying to read the book.

Change the following sentence to passive voice: 'The teacher explains the lesson'.

• The lesson explains the teacher.

• The lesson was explained by the teacher.

• The lesson is explained by the teacher.

• The teacher is explaining the lesson.

Which of the following sentences is in passive voice?

• The cat chased the dog.

• The dog was chasing the cat.

• The cat is chasing the dog.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

Rewrite this sentence in passive voice: 'They will complete the project by Friday.'

• The project is being completed by them by Friday.

• The project will be finished by them on Friday.

• The project will be completed by them by Friday.

• They will have completed the project by Friday.

What is the passive form of 'The committee will announce the results'?

• The committee announced the results.

• The results will be announced by the committee.

• The committee will be announcing the results.

• The results are announced by the committee.

Convert to passive voice: 'The artist painted the mural.'

• The mural painted the artist.

• The artist was painted by the mural.

• The mural was painted by the artist.

• The mural is painted by the artist.

Identify the subject in the passive voice: 'The song was sung by the choir.'

• the song

• the choir

• the songwriters

• the audience

Change to passive voice: 'The students are studying the material.'

• The material was studied by the students.

• The students are studying materials.

• The students study the material.

• The material is being studied by the students.

Which sentence is NOT in passive voice?

• John did the homework.

• The project was completed by the team.

• The book was read by Sarah.

• The cake was baked by Mary.