A) Read the following sentences and determine for each

if it is active or passive voice.

Write “P” for Passive, “A” for Active

I eat an apple every day.
The car was stolen from the parking lot.
A hamburger was ordered at dinner last night.
All milk at home was used up by the guests.
We bake cookies once a week.
The car will be towed away.
They used up all the milk at home.
One apple is eaten every day.
The cookies are baked every Friday afternoon.
She ordered a hamburger at dinner last night.

B) Re-write the passive sentences as active sentences.

1) A beautiful song is sung by Dana.

2) The work was done by Dan and Ben.

3) The floor was swept by dad.

4) My pen was stolen.

5) The dirty clothes will be washed in the washing machine.

6) The environment is polluted by too many cars.

7) The windows were cleaned by the cleaner.

8) The mouse will be caught by the cat.

9) The cat is chased by the dog.

10) The mug was broken by someone.

1 Name: __________________________
C) Re-write the active sentences as passive sentences.

1) He is playing the song on the piano.

2) They built this model.

3) She will clean the house tomorrow.

4) She painted this painting years ago.

5) They feed the fish every 2 days.

6) She is watering the plants once a week.

7) The oranges grow in an orchard.

8) Millions of people watched this movie.

9) Hundreds of people fill the theatre every night.

10) I am going to make coffee.

D) Identify parts of speech in the following sentences.

Remember:
Subject = what the sentence is about.
Verb = the action in the sentence.
Object = the item receiving the action. Write “S” “V” “O”
to mark the parts below each sentence.

1) He is meeting friends.

2) They are going to the cinema.

3) The movie was recommended to them.

4) They will use a taxi.

5) Popcorn is very expensive there.

2 Name: __________________________
E) Decide which form of verb to use: Active or passive?

When I was 8 years old my parents _______(take) me on my

first trip abroad. It was late October and in Europe the weather
____________ (get) colder. The coats and sweaters
_______________ (pack) in a big suitcase. We _________
(leave) Israel when it was nearly 30 degrees. Our plane
_____________ (land) in Amsterdam in a much much colder
weather. It was near 4 degrees.
We _________ (go) out of the plane into the airport, which was
heated. We ___________ (wait) for the big suitcase for a long
time. It ________________ (not arrive). We couldn’t go out of
the airport, because all the warm clothes ________ (be) in the
suitcase. Can you guess what we ___________ (do)?

F) Authentic assessment: Write your own story using at

least 10 verbs, at least 3 of them in the passive voice.
Possible topics to write about:
1) A news report.
2) A recipe (for food).
3) An experience you had (meeting, travel…)
4) A book you read or a movie you watched.

3 Name: __________________________