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Year 7 English · Active and passive voice

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which sentence is in the passive voice?
- ☐ (a) The chef cooked the meal.
- ☐ (b) The meal was cooked by the chef.
- ☐ (c) The chef is cooking.
2. Which sentence is in the active voice?
- ☐ (a) The goal was scored by Ella.
- ☐ (b) The trophy was presented.
- ☐ (c) Ella scored the goal.
3. What is the passive form of 'The wind knocked over the bin'?
- ☐ (a) The bin was knocked over by the wind.
- ☐ (b) The wind was knocked over by the bin.
- ☐ (c) The bin knocked over the wind.
4. Why might someone write 'The window was broken' instead of 'I broke the window'?
- ☐ (a) It is shorter.
- ☐ (b) It avoids saying who did it.
- ☐ (c) It is in the future tense.
5. In 'The poem was written by a Year 6 student', who is the agent?
- ☐ (a) the poem
- ☐ (b) written
- ☐ (c) a Year 6 student
6. Is this sentence active or passive? 'Lucy painted the fence.' Type one word.
7. In 'The roof was damaged by the storm', what did the damage? Type one word.
8. Fill the gap with the past participle of 'eat': 'The sandwiches were ___ by the seagulls.'

Answer sheet

1. The meal was cooked by the chef. — The subject (the meal) receives the action, and the verb is 'was cooked'.
2. Ella scored the goal. — Ella, the subject, does the action.
3. The bin was knocked over by the wind. — The receiver (the bin) comes first, followed by 'was knocked over' and the agent.
4. It avoids saying who did it. — Leaving out the agent hides who was responsible.
5. a Year 6 student — The agent is the doer, introduced by 'by'.
6. active — Lucy, the subject, does the action.
7. storm — 'The storm' is the agent, the doer of the action.
8. eaten — The passive uses 'were' plus the past participle 'eaten'.