Passive Voice Basics Exercises PDFSet 3: Recognizing Passive Voice
20 questions·12 min·Answers included·Explanations included
Preview: Questions
Fill in the blank with the correct option.
1.Which sentence is in the passive voice?
a) The children ate the cake.b) The cake was eaten by the children.c) The children are eating cake.d) The children eat cake every day.
2.Which sentence is in the active voice?
a) The plants are watered every day.b) My mother waters the plants every day.c) The plants were watered this morning.d) The garden is cleaned once a week.
3."The report was written by the secretary." This sentence is ___.
a) activeb) both active and passivec) passived) neither active nor passive
4."Someone stole my bicycle." This sentence is ___.
a) activeb) passivec) both active and passived) neither active nor passive
5.Choose the correct passive form: "They clean the office every day." →
a) The office cleaned every day.b) The office cleans every day.c) The office is cleaned every day.d) The office is cleaning every day.
... and 15 more questions in the PDF
Preview: Answers
1.The cake was eaten by the children.
2.My mother waters the plants every day.
3.passive
4.active
5.The office is cleaned every day.
... and 15 more answers in the PDF
Preview: Explanations
1."The cake was eaten by the children."(b)
'The cake was eaten by the children' is passive because the subject (the cake) receives the action. The structure is: subject + was/were + past participle.
2."My mother waters the plants every day."(b)
'My mother waters the plants' is active because the subject (my mother) performs the action. Active = subject does the action.
3."passive"(c)
The subject 'the report' receives the action of writing. Structure: was + past participle (written) = passive voice.
4."active"(a)
The subject 'someone' performs the action of stealing. The doer comes first and does the action = active voice.
5."The office is cleaned every day."(c)
Active 'they clean' → Passive 'is cleaned' (is + past participle). The object 'the office' becomes the subject.
... and 15 more explanations in the PDF
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