Active or Passive Voice worksheet for grammar practice.

Let's go through each sentence and determine whether it is in active or passive voice.

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🔹 Active Voice: The subject of the sentence performs the action.

> Structure: Subject → Verb → Object

🔹 Passive Voice: The subject receives the action. The doer of the action may be missing or mentioned with "by."

> Structure: Object → Verb (past participle) → by Subject (optional)

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Now, let's analyze each sentence:

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1. My grandmother baked the cake.
- Subject: *My grandmother*
- Verb: *baked*
- Object: *the cake*
- ✔ The subject does the action.
→ Active

2. Someone stole the car from the parking lot.
- Subject: *Someone*
- Verb: *stole*
- Object: *the car*
- ✔ The subject does the action.
→ Active

3. The lesson was learned by the student.
- Subject: *The lesson*
- Verb: *was learned* (past participle + auxiliary)
- "by the student" tells us who did it
- ✘ The subject receives the action
→ Passive

4. My favorite movie played on Netflix.
- This one is tricky. It seems like a passive construction, but actually, "played" here is used as an intransitive verb — meaning the movie aired or was shown. There's no agent ("by someone").
- However, since there’s no clear doer of the action, and the structure is not clearly passive (no "be + past participle"), this is likely active if we consider "movie" as doing the action of playing.
- But grammatically, "played" here is not a passive form — it's just a simple past tense.
→ Active

5. An empty cup was thrown from the car.
- Subject: *An empty cup*
- Verb: *was thrown* (passive construction: be + past participle)
- No "by" phrase, but the structure is passive
→ Passive

6. Our teacher graded the tests.
- Subject: *Our teacher*
- Verb: *graded*
- Object: *the tests*
- ✔ Subject does the action
→ Active

7. The gardener watered the flowers.
- Subject: *The gardener*
- Verb: *watered*
- Object: *the flowers*
- ✔ Subject performs the action
→ Active

8. The trophy was placed on the shelf.
- Subject: *The trophy*
- Verb: *was placed* (be + past participle)
- No "by" phrase, but the structure is passive
→ Passive

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✔ Final Answers:

1. active
2. active
3. passive
4. active
5. passive
6. active
7. active
8. passive

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🟩 Summary:

- Active voice sentences: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
- Passive voice sentences: 3, 5, 8

Let me know if you'd like to see how to rewrite any of the passive sentences in active voice!