Active and Passive Voice worksheet for learning sentence structure.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one. We need to decide if it’s Active Voice (A) or Passive Voice (P).

Remember:
- In active voice, the subject *does* the action.
- In passive voice, the subject *receives* the action — often you’ll see “was” or “were” + a past tense verb, and sometimes “by [someone]”.

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1. the pirate hoisted the sails.
→ Who did the action? The pirate.
→ Did the pirate do the hoisting? Yes.
→ So this is ACTIVE → A

2. the sails were hoisted by the pirate.
→ Who received the action? The sails.
→ The pirate did the hoisting, but the sails are the subject here.
→ This is PASSIVE → P

3. the bat gulped the moth.
→ Subject = bat. Did the bat gulp? Yes.
→ Active → A

4. the moth was gulped by the bat.
→ Subject = moth. Did the moth gulp? No — it got gulped!
→ Passive → P

5. the plane was flown by the pilot.
→ Subject = plane. Did the plane fly itself? No — the pilot flew it.
→ Passive → P

6. the pilot flew the plane.
→ Subject = pilot. Did the pilot fly? Yes.
→ Active → A

7. A huge pot of spaghetti was cooked by the chef.
→ Subject = pot of spaghetti. Did it cook itself? No — chef cooked it.
→ Passive → P

8. the chef cooked a huge pot of spaghetti.
→ Subject = chef. Did the chef cook? Yes.
→ Active → A

9. the poodle chased the squirrel.
→ Subject = poodle. Did the poodle chase? Yes.
→ Active → A

10. The squirrel was chased by the poodle.
→ Subject = squirrel. Did the squirrel chase? No — it was chased.
→ Passive → P

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Final Answer:
1. A
2. P
3. A
4. P
5. P
6. A
7. P
8. A
9. A
10. P