Worksheet for practicing active and passive voice conversion with example sentences.

Let's solve the worksheet step by step. The task is to rewrite each sentence from active voice to passive voice.

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🔹 Rules for Changing Active to Passive Voice:

1. Subject → Object (becomes the receiver of the action)
2. Object → Subject (becomes the doer of the action)
3. Use "by" to introduce the original subject (optional if not important)
4. Change the verb to a form of "be" + past participle

> General structure:
> Active: Subject + Verb + Object
> Passive: Object + be + past participle + (by + Subject)

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Now, let’s go through each sentence:

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a) The lion attacked the zebra.

- Active: The lion (subject) attacked (verb) the zebra (object)
- Passive: The zebra was attacked by the lion.

✔ Answer: *The zebra was attacked by the lion.*

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b) Children like sweets.

- Active: Children (subject) like (verb) sweets (object)
- Passive: Sweets are liked by children.

✔ Answer: *Sweets are liked by children.*

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c) The peon rang the bell.

- Active: The peon (subject) rang (verb) the bell (object)
- Passive: The bell was rung by the peon.

✔ Answer: *The bell was rung by the peon.*

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d) Sam played hockey.

- Active: Sam (subject) played (verb) hockey (object)
- Passive: Hockey was played by Sam.

✔ Answer: *Hockey was played by Sam.*

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e) Miss Emma teaches us English.

- Active: Miss Emma (subject) teaches (verb) us (indirect object) English (direct object)
- To make it passive, focus on English as the receiver.
- Passive: English is taught to us by Miss Emma.

✔ Answer: *English is taught to us by Miss Emma.*

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f) Jack caught the ball.

- Active: Jack (subject) caught (verb) the ball (object)
- Passive: The ball was caught by Jack.

✔ Answer: *The ball was caught by Jack.*

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g) The dog bit the boy.

- Active: The dog (subject) bit (verb) the boy (object)
- Passive: The boy was bitten by the dog.

✔ Answer: *The boy was bitten by the dog.*

> Note: "Bit" is the past tense of "bite", and its past participle is "bitten".

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h) Alice will take a photograph.

- Active: Alice (subject) will take (future tense) a photograph (object)
- Passive: A photograph will be taken by Alice.

✔ Answer: *A photograph will be taken by Alice.*

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i) Who taught you this poem?

- Active: Someone (implied) taught (verb) you (indirect object) this poem (direct object)
- We want to make this poem the subject in passive voice.
- So: This poem was taught to you by whom?

But since the question starts with "Who", we rephrase the passive version as a question:
> By whom was this poem taught to you?

Alternatively, more naturally:
➡️ Who was this poem taught to by? — but that sounds awkward.

Better:
➡️ To whom was this poem taught? — this keeps the meaning clear.

But the original question is asking who taught, so the passive version should reflect that.

So, best answer:
✔ By whom was this poem taught to you?

Or simpler:
✔ Who was this poem taught to? — though it changes slightly.

Actually, the most accurate passive transformation of "Who taught you this poem?" is:

👉 By whom was this poem taught to you?

✔ Answer: *By whom was this poem taught to you?*

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✔ Final Answers:

a) The zebra was attacked by the lion.
b) Sweets are liked by children.
c) The bell was rung by the peon.
d) Hockey was played by Sam.
e) English is taught to us by Miss Emma.
f) The ball was caught by Jack.
g) The boy was bitten by the dog.
h) A photograph will be taken by Alice.
i) By whom was this poem taught to you?

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