Educational worksheet teaching the difference between active and passive voice with exercises and examples.

Explanation:
We need to change each active voice sentence into passive voice.
In passive voice, the object of the active sentence becomes the subject, and we use a form of “be” + past participle, plus “by [original subject]” (if needed).

Let’s go one by one:

1. Active: Don shot the basketball at the hoop.
- Subject: Don
- Verb: shot
- Object: the basketball
→ In passive: *The basketball* becomes the subject.
- “shot” → past participle is *shot*
- We need “was shot” (since “Don” is singular, and sentence is past tense)
→ The basketball was shot at the hoop by Don.

2. Active: The boy shouted at the dog.
- Subject: The boy
- Verb: shouted
- Object? This is an intransitive verb — “shouted at the dog” means the action is directed *at* the dog, but “shout” doesn’t take a direct object; “the dog” is the object of the preposition “at”.
However, in passive voice, we usually only convert sentences with *direct objects*. But since the worksheet expects a passive version (like the example), and the phrase is “shouted at the dog”, we treat “the dog” as the recipient of the action.
So:
→ *The dog* becomes the subject.
→ “was shouted at” (passive of “shouted at”)
→ The dog was shouted at by the boy.

3. Active: Stephen kicked the soccer ball.
- Subject: Stephen
- Verb: kicked
- Object: the soccer ball
→ Passive: *The soccer ball* is now subject.
→ “was kicked” (past tense, singular subject)
→ The soccer ball was kicked by Stephen.

4. Active: The boys watched a movie.
- Subject: The boys
- Verb: watched
- Object: a movie
→ Passive: *A movie* becomes subject.
→ “was watched” (since “a movie” is singular)
→ A movie was watched by the boys.

5. Active: The man watered his lawn.
- Subject: The man
- Verb: watered
- Object: his lawn
→ Passive: *His lawn* becomes subject.
→ “was watered”
→ His lawn was watered by the man.

Double-check:
- All use correct past tense passive forms: was/were + past participle.
- All include “by [original subject]” where appropriate.
- Sentences remain grammatical and match the example format.

Final Answer:
1. The basketball was shot at the hoop by Don.
2. The dog was shouted at by the boy.
3. The soccer ball was kicked by Stephen.
4. A movie was watched by the boys.
5. His lawn was watered by the man.