Mastering Passive Voice

Convert to passive: The chef cooked a meal.

• The chef was cooking a meal.

• A meal was cooked by the chef.

• The meal was cooked by a chef.

• A meal is cooked by the chef.

Convert to passive: The students completed the project.

• The students are completing the project.

• The project was completed.

• The project completed the students.

• The project was completed by the students.

Convert to passive: The teacher praised the students.

• The students praised the teacher.

• The students were praised by the teacher.

• The teacher was praised by the students.

• The students are praised by the teacher.

Convert to passive: The dog chased the cat.

• The dog was chased by the cat.

• The cat chased the dog.

• The cat was chased by the dog.

• The dog is chasing the cat.

Convert to passive: The artist painted a beautiful mural.

• The artist paints a beautiful mural.

• The mural was painted beautifully by the artist.

• A beautiful mural is painted by the artist.

• A beautiful mural was painted by the artist.

Formulate a passive voice sentence using 'the book'.

• The book was written by the author.

• The book has many pages.

• The book is on the table.

• The author wrote the book.

Formulate a passive voice sentence using 'the song'.

• The song will be sung by the artist.

• The song is being sung by the artist.

• The song was sung by the artist.

• The artist sang the song.

Analyze the structure: Identify the subject in 'The cake was eaten by the children.'

• the children

• the cake

• the cake and the children

• the frosting

Analyze the structure: Identify the verb in 'The homework was done by Sarah.'

• was completed

• was finished

• was done

• was submitted

Convert to passive: The manager will review the report.

• The manager reviews the report.

• The report will be reviewed by the manager.

• The report will be reviewed by someone.

• The report is reviewed by the manager.