Active & Passive Voice Flashcards
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Study Card: What is passive voice (in kid-friendly terms)?
Passive voice is when something happens to a thing, but we don’t say who did it.
Example: ‘The window was broken.’ — we don’t know who did it, just that it happened.
Tip: It often sounds more formal or like a mystery.
Study Card: How can you spot passive traps?
Ask: Can I add ‘by someone’ to the sentence?
If yes, it might be passive!
Example: ‘The book was read (by someone).’
GL uses this to make sentences sound more formal or hide the doer.
Which sentence is passive?
A. The dog chased the cat. B. The cat was chased by the dog. C. The dog was chasing. D. The cat chased the dog.
B. The cat was chased by the dog.
Explanation: Something is happening to the cat — that makes it passive. The other choices show who did the chasing.
Choose the correct passive form:
A. The prize gave to him. B. The prize is gave to him. C. The prize was given to him. D. The prize given to him.
C. The prize was given to him.
Explanation: This sentence works — it sounds like something was done to the prize, and it’s a full sentence.
Pick the best sentence:
A. The homework completed by the student. B. The homework was completed by the student. C. The student completed by the homework. D. The homework is complete by the student.
B. The homework was completed by the student.
Explanation: This is the only one that sounds natural and full. GL often hides this in formal-sounding Cloze gaps.
Find the correct sentence:
A. The letters are delivered every morning. B. The letters delivers every morning. C. The letters was delivering every morning. D. The letters be delivered every morning.
A. The letters are delivered every morning.
Explanation: This sounds natural and fits with ‘every morning’. GL tests this structure a lot.
Which one is passive voice?
A. The author wrote the book. B. The book has been written by the author. C. The author is writing the book. D. The author had wrote the book.
B. The book has been written by the author.
Explanation: Something happened to the book — that’s passive. GL loves this in non-fiction-style questions.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The gates has been closed early. B. The gates were been closed early. C. The gates have been closed early. D. The gates be closed early.
C. The gates have been closed early.
Explanation: This one sounds right — it shows the gates were already closed, and it doesn’t say who did it.
Choose the correct version:
A. A solution was find by the scientists. B. A solution was found by the scientists. C. A solution is found by the scientists. D. A solution finds by the scientists.
B. A solution was found by the scientists.
Explanation: This one makes sense — someone found the solution, but we’re not focusing on who.
Pick the sentence in passive voice:
A. They cancelled the trip. B. The trip had cancelled. C. The trip was cancelled. D. The trip cancels.
C. The trip was cancelled.
Explanation: This sounds natural when we don’t know or care who cancelled it. That’s what GL likes to test.
Find the correct form:
A. The essays was being marked. B. The essays were being marked. C. The essays is being marked. D. The essays are marked being.
B. The essays were being marked.
Explanation: This one is right because it matches ‘essays’ (more than one) and shows the marking was happening at that time.
Which one is right?
A. The packages had been delivered. B. The packages has been delivered. C. The packages had delivered. D. The packages were deliver.
A. The packages had been delivered.
Explanation: This sounds like the job was already done. It’s something that happened earlier, and that’s what makes it correct.
Which sentence is in active voice?
A. The car was repaired by the mechanic. B. The window had been shut. C. The teacher marked the tests. D. The door is being closed.
C. The teacher marked the tests.
Explanation: This one is active because we know who did the action (the teacher). The others are about something happening with no person shown.
Which sentence is correct?
A. The homework was finish. B. The homework has finish. C. The homework was finished. D. The homework finish.
C. The homework was finished.
Explanation: This one sounds complete — ‘was finished’ means the job was done. The others are missing helper words or sound broken.
Choose the sentence that sounds right:
A. The cake was eat. B. The cake was eaten. C. The cake is eating. D. The cake be eaten.
B. The cake was eaten.
Explanation: This one sounds correct and full. It shows the cake didn’t eat itself — someone ate it, but we don’t say who.
Pick the best version:
A. The prizes was given out. B. The prizes were given out. C. The prize were given out. D. The prizes be gave out.
B. The prizes were given out.
Explanation: ‘Prizes’ means more than one, so we say ‘were given’. GL often tries to confuse you by switching was/were.
Which is right?
A. The windows cleaned. B. The windows are cleaned. C. The windows cleaning. D. The windows be cleaned.
B. The windows are cleaned.
Explanation: This one is correct — it shows something happens regularly and sounds natural. The others are missing key words.
Choose the correct sentence:
A. The books has been packed. B. The books have been packed. C. The book have been packed. D. The books had pack.
B. The books have been packed.
Explanation: ‘Books’ means more than one, so we use ‘have’. GL loves this subject mix-up trap.
