Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF BALANGA CITY

Name: ____________________________________ School: _________________________________

 I. TOPIC: Using Passive and Active Voice
Resource/s: https://www.twinkl.com/resource/t2-e-3814-y6-active-and-
passive-voice-warm-up-powerpoint

II. CONTENT/ LECTURE:

Active Voice
• In an active sentence, the subject performs the action (the verb) to the object.

Passive Voice
• In a passive sentence, the thing that would normally be the object gets turned
into the subject through the use of the passive form of the verb. They often
include a prepositional phrase starting with ‘by’.
Examples:

Active Voice Issac threw a ball at the window.

The magician pulled a rabbit from the hat.
Helen practises her voice every day.
Passive Voice The plane is boarded by the family.
The damage was caused by the storm.
The flowers were grown by my lola.

Active Passive
Tense Active sentence Passive equivalent
voice voice

Simple I keep the butter in the The butter is kept in

keep is kept
present fridge. the fridge.

Present is is being John is keeping my My house is being

continuous keeping kept house tidy. kept tidy.

Mary kept her schedule Mary's schedule was

Simple past kept was kept
meticulously. kept meticulously.

was
Past was The theater was A seat was being kept
being
continuous keeping keeping a seat for you. for you.
kept

have
Present have I have kept all your old All your old letters
been
perfect kept letters. have been kept.
kept
 Active Passive
Tense Active sentence Passive equivalent
voice voice

He had kept up his His training regimen

had been
Past perfect had kept training regimen for a had been kept up for
kept
month. a month.

Simple will be Mark will keep the

will keep The ficus will be kept.
Future kept ficus.

Conditional would would be If you told me, I would If you told me, your
Present keep kept keep your secret. secret would be kept.

would Your bicycle would

would I would have kept your
Conditional have have been kept here if
have bicycle here if you had
Past been you had left it with
kept left it with me.
kept me.

Present to be She wants to keep the The book wants to be

to keep
Infinitive kept book. kept.

to have
Perfect to have Judy was happy to The puppy was happy
been
Infinitive kept have kept the puppy. to have been kept.
kept

Present I have a feeling that you I have a feeling that a

being
Participle & keeping may be keeping a secret may be being
kept
Gerund secret. kept.

Having kept the bird in

The bird, having been
having a cage for so long,
Perfect having kept in a cage for so
been Jade wasn't sure it
Participle kept long, might not
kept could survive in the
survive in the wild.
wild.
III. Exercises

A. Easy
Activity 1:
Direction: Look at the table below. Identify if the highlighted verb is used in an active
or passive sentence. Draw a (√) to show whether the verb is active or passive.
Verb Active Passive
The School arranged a visit. √
1. A visit was arranged by the school.
2. The dog buried the bone.
3. The bone was buried by the dog
4. The man painted the wall.
5. The wall was painted by the man.
6. The ball was thrown at the window by the
naught girl.
7. The naught girl threw the ball at the
window.
8. You must not run across the road.
9. Tamara baked some cookies.
10. The drum was played by JC.

B. Average
Activity 2:
Direction: Change the following active sentences into passive sentences.

a. Gina visited the library regularly.

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b. My family always eat turkey for Christmas dinner.
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c. The lazy girl ignored her alarm clock.
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d. The children enjoyed climbing during their school camp.
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e. They spent the day kayaking down the river.
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 Activity 3:
Direction: Change the following passive sentences into active sentences.

a. On the plain, an antelope was chased by the lioness.

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b. Sandwiches were eaten by Harry for lunch.
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c. The carrots are always eaten by my brother.
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d. Tasty cupcakes were baked by my aunt for my birthday party.
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e. The water balloons were blown up by my brother for the water fight.
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C. Difficult
Activity 4:
Direction: Write an active sentence about the given picture. Then, turn it into a
passive sentence.

1.
Active: ________________________________________________.
Passive: _______________________________________________.

2.
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Active: ________________________________________________.
Passive: _______________________________________________.
3.
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Active: ________________________________________________.
Passive: _______________________________________________.

4.
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Active: ________________________________________________.
Passive: _______________________________________________.

5.
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Active: ________________________________________________.
Passive: _______________________________________________.

Prepared by:

Salve V. Calderon
English Teacher III