Active or Passive Voice Worksheet for students to practice identifying sentence voice.

Let's solve the Active or Passive Voice Worksheet step by step.

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🔹 Understanding Active vs. Passive Voice

- Active Voice: The subject does the action.
- Example: *The man mailed the letter.*
→ "The man" (subject) performs the action "mailed".

- Passive Voice: The subject receives the action.
- Example: *The letter was mailed by the man.*
→ "The letter" (subject) is being acted upon.

> ✔ A clue for passive voice: Look for forms of "to be" + past participle (e.g., *was bitten*, *is being read*, *will be baked*), and often includes "by" to show who performed the action.

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Now, let’s go through each sentence:

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1. The girl was bitten by the dog.
→ "The girl" is receiving the action ("bitten").
→ Passive voice

2. Money was generously donated to the shelter by Larry.
→ "Money" is the recipient of the donation.
→ "was donated" = passive construction.
→ Passive voice

3. The two presidents are signing the treaty.
→ "The two presidents" are doing the action ("signing").
→ Subject performs the action.
→ Active voice

4. Two dozen cookies will be baked by Susan for the bake sale.
→ "Cookies" are being baked (they are not doing the baking).
→ "will be baked" = future passive.
→ Passive voice

5. The boy was jumping on the bed.
→ "The boy" is doing the jumping.
→ He is performing the action.
→ Active voice

6. The baby was carried by the kangaroo in her pouch.
→ "The baby" is being carried (not carrying).
→ "was carried" = passive.
→ Passive voice

7. The comet was viewed by the science class.
→ "The comet" is being viewed (it doesn’t view itself).
→ "was viewed" = passive.
→ Passive voice

8. The candidate believes that he will win.
→ "The candidate" is doing the believing.
→ No object being acted upon; it's a complete thought with active subject.
→ Active voice

9. I am running with my friend down the street.
→ "I" am doing the running.
→ Subject performs the action.
→ Active voice

10. A movie is going to be watched by us tonight.
→ "A movie" is the one being watched.
→ "is going to be watched" = future passive.
→ Passive voice

11. The novel was read by Mom in one day.
→ "The novel" is being read (not reading).
→ "was read" = passive.
→ Passive voice

12. The obstacle course was run by me in record time.
→ "The obstacle course" is being run (the person runs it).
→ "was run" = passive.
→ Passive voice

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✔ Final Answers:

1. passive voice
2. passive voice
3. active voice
4. passive voice
5. active voice
6. passive voice
7. passive voice
8. active voice
9. active voice
10. passive voice
11. passive voice
12. passive voice

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📝 Summary Tip:

To identify passive voice:
- Look for "be" verbs (is, was, were, will be, etc.) + past participle (e.g., *read, written, baked, seen*).
- Ask: Who or what is doing the action?
- If the subject is doing the action → active
- If the subject is receiving the action → passive

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