Active and Passive Voice

Identify the sentence that is written in active voice:

• The song was sung by the choir.

• The choir was singing the song.

• The song is being sung by the choir.

• The choir sang the song.

Which of the following sentences is in active voice?

• The letter was written by Sarah.

• Sarah was writing the letter.

• Sarah writes the letter.

• The letter is written by Sarah.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice: 'The gardener waters the plants every morning.'

• The plants are watered by the gardener every morning.

• The plants water the gardener every morning.

• The plants were watered by the gardener every morning.

• The gardener is watered by the plants every morning.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice: 'The students completed the project.'

• The project was completed by the students.

• The project completed the students.

• The students were completed by the project.

• The project completes the students.

Which of the following sentences is written in the active voice?

• The novel was read by her in one night.

• Her one-night reading of the novel was accomplished.

• She read the novel in one night.

• The novel is being read by her in one night.

Which of the following sentences is an example of passive voice?

• The cake was baked by the chef.

• The chef baked the cake.

• She is singing a song.

• I ate the pizza.

Identify the sentence that is written in passive voice:

• The mechanic fixes the car.

• The car was fixed by the mechanic.

• The mechanic is fixing the car.

• The car fixes the mechanic.

Underline the verbs in the following sentence. Label each as being in passive or active voice. If the verb is in passive voice and should be in active voice, rewrite the sentence. "My dog was given a bath."

Underline the verbs in the following sentence. Label each as being in passive or active voice. If the verb is in passive voice and should be in active voice, rewrite the sentence. "Jamalye dusted her house."

Underline the verbs in the following sentence. Label each as being in passive or active voice. If the verb is in passive voice and should be in active voice, rewrite the sentence. "Jameson was writing a poem."