Finding the Structure: Identifying Active Voice Quiz

Forms of 'to be' can appear in both active and passive sentences, so they do not automatically mean passive voice.

The subject is the doer of the action in active voice.

In C, 'you' is the subject and is doing the action 'finish', which is active voice.

B clearly puts 'students' as the subject doing the action 'conducted'.

That pattern shows the subject acting on the object, which is active voice.

B and D make 'judges' the subject that performs the action 'awarded/award' the trophy.

In active voice, the subject is the one doing the action.

In B, the subject 'player' performs the action 'kicked', so it is active voice.

In C, 'storm' is the subject and it does the action 'broke', which is active voice.

The subject 'dog' is doing the action 'chased', so the sentence is active.

Here the subject 'ball' receives the action 'was chased', so the sentence is passive.

In A and C the subject comes first and performs the action of the verb.

B and D place the receiver of the action as the subject and use 'was' plus a past participle.

In this sentence the subject 'team' wins the game, so it is active voice.

Here 'game' receives the action 'was won', so the sentence is passive voice.

In C, 'winner received' and 'principal gave' both show subjects doing the action, so both clauses are active.

Only 'the teacher praised her work' has the subject doing the action, so it is active.

In both clauses, the subjects 'Jamal' and 'sister' perform the actions 'cleaned' and 'washed'.

In C, 'students' is the subject and does the action 'finished', which is active voice.

B, C, and E have the subject 'grandmother' performing the action, so they are active.