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Passive Voice
Test Your Knowlege and Skill
 Test
Your KnowledgeBe sure you can recognize a passive voice sentence. Determine if each sentence below is active or passive. Determine who performed the action, even when it is not explicitly stated. |
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| Active or Passive? | Who Performed the
Action? Choose the best answer. |
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| 1. They arrested the boys. | active | a. They b. The boys. c. The police |
| 2. The boys were arrested. | passive | a. Nobody b. The boys. c. The police |
| 3. Dinner will be made soon. | passive | a. Dinner b. It's impossible to say from the limited information in this sentence. c. Nobody. |
| 4. Grandmother will make dinner soon. | active | a. Dinner. b. Grandmother c. It's impossible to say from this sentence. |
| 5. The door was locked by the last person to leave. | passive | a. The door b. Dad c. the last person to leave |
| 6. Who locked the door? | active | a.
Who b. Dad c. It's impossible to know from this sentence |
If you need to review passive voice, please click here for our unit, Passive Voice: Should I use active voice or passive voice?
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