Grammar Focus: Active and Passive Voice Quiz

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1. Fill in the blank: In the sentence “The window was broken by the wind,” the wind is the __________.

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The agent performs the action in a passive sentence.

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Grammar Focus: Active And Passive Voice Quiz - Quiz

Are you ready to tell the difference between "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy"? In this active passive voice quiz, you'll focus on the core difference between these two sentence structures. You'll practice identifying whether the subject is performing the action (active) o... see morereceiving the action (passive). Each question strengthens your grammar focus on active passive voice.
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2. Match the tense with its passive form:

Explanation

Each tense keeps its time frame but adds be + past participle.

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3. Pick two reasons a writer might use passive voice.

Explanation

Passive voice emphasizes the action or avoids naming the agent.

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4. Fill in the blank: Active: The storm destroyed the crops. Passive: The crops __________ by the storm.

Explanation

Were matches past tense, and destroyed is the past participle.

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5. True or False: Every sentence can be changed from active to passive without changing its meaning.

Explanation

Some sentences lose clarity or sound unnatural when transformed.

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6. Which sentence is in active voice?

Explanation

In active voice, the subject performs the action directly.

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7. Fill in the blank: The object of an active sentence becomes the __________ in the passive sentence.

Explanation

In passive voice, the focus shifts to the receiver of the action.

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8. True or False: Passive voice always changes the verb tense.

Explanation

Passive voice changes sentence structure, not necessarily the tense.

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9. Choose the correct passive form: Active: The teacher praises the students.

Explanation

The object (students) becomes the subject, and the verb changes to are praised.

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10. Fill in the blank: In passive voice, the verb is usually formed with a form of to be plus the __________ participle.

Explanation

The past participle follows is, was, were, or been to complete the passive construction.

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11. Match each active sentence to its passive version:

Explanation

The object becomes the subject, and to be + past participle forms the verb.

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12. Pick two verbs that cannot usually be used in the passive voice.

Explanation

Verbs that express feelings or states (like love, seem) rarely form passive sentences.

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13. Fill in the blank: Active: The students completed the project. Passive: The project __________ by the students.

Explanation

Was matches the past tense, and completed is the past participle.

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14. True or False: The agent (person doing the action) must always be mentioned in the passive voice.

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The agent is optional and often omitted if unimportant.

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15. Choose the correct transformation: Active: They clean the classroom every day.

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The verb is cleaned shows present passive voice.

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Fill in the blank: In the sentence “The window was broken by the...
Match the tense with its passive form:
Pick two reasons a writer might use passive voice.
Fill in the blank: Active: The storm destroyed the crops. Passive: The...
True or False: Every sentence can be changed from active to passive...
Which sentence is in active voice?
Fill in the blank: The object of an active sentence becomes the...
True or False: Passive voice always changes the verb tense.
Choose the correct passive form: Active: The teacher praises the...
Fill in the blank: In passive voice, the verb is usually formed with a...
Match each active sentence to its passive version:
Pick two verbs that cannot usually be used in the passive voice.
Fill in the blank: Active: The students completed the project....
True or False: The agent (person doing the action) must always be...
Choose the correct transformation: Active: They clean the classroom...
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