Active or passive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

H4A

Choose the sentence in the passive.

1. The Headmaster gives the present.
2. The Headmaster is giving the present.
3. The present was given to the Headmaster.
4. The Headmaster gave the present.

Choose the passive sentence.

1. The zookeeper picked up the leaves.
2. The woman was sweeping the floor.
3. Leaves were swept up.
4. The people were laughing.

Which sentence is in the passive voice?

1. The farmer is harvasting the corn.
2. The farmer has harvasted the corn.
3. The corn is harvested by the farmer.
4. Harvasting corn is a heavy job.

Choose the sentence in the passive.

1. Our book is handed to our teacher.
2. We will hand our book to the teacher.
3. We hand our book to the teacher.
4. We're going to hand our book to the teacher.

Choose the sentence in the passive

1. Our maths teacher graded the tests.
2. Our maths teacher is grading the tests.
3. Our maths teacher grades the tests.
4. The tests are graded by our maths teacher.

The secretary writes an email

The musicians play another song

The emails are sent by the secretary now

The songs are played in a different order

Active

Passive

Passive

Active

Rewrite in the Passive Voice:
They won the game
(you don't have to write 'by...')

Put into the passive:
Somebody stole my bike.
(you don't have to write 'by...')

Change into the passive:
Storms destroy villages.
(you don't have to write 'by...')

Change into the passive the passive:
Serena tells the truth
(you don't have to write 'by...')

Do you understand the passive now?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Maybe
4. Sort of