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Grade 10 Active & Passive Voice Worksheet with Answers

Grade 10 (US) · Year 11 (UK) · Class 10 (India) · English

Unit 1: Grammar & UsageVoice & Mood

Recognizing and rewriting sentences in the active and passive voice. This free high school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Active & Passive Voice

Grade 10 · English

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Learning goal: Voice & Mood

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

RememberClear sentences

Misplaced modifier ✗I saw a dog running to school.✓ Running to school, I saw a dog.Parallelism ✗I like to swim, biking and to run.✓ I like swimming, biking and running.Active voiceThe dog chased the ball.(the subject does the action)Passive voiceThe ball was chased by the dog.(the action is done to the subject)
Part A

Rewrite in the active voice:

  1. 1

    The ball was kicked by Leo.

  2. 2

    The song was sung by the choir.

  3. 3

    The letter will be delivered by the mail carrier.

Part B

Active or Passive? Tick one box for each.

ActivePassive
4The students wrote essays.
5Mistakes were made.
6Ana baked the cake.
7The mouse was chased by the cat.
8The window was broken.
9The cat chased the mouse.
10The cake was baked by Ana.
Part C

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 11

    Why might a writer choose the passive voice in 'The vaccine was tested on thousands of people'?

  2. 12

    Rewrite in the passive voice: 'The chef cooked the meal.'

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Unscramble the letters: RBEAD (clue: you make toast with it)

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  1. 1.Leo kicked the ball.
  2. 2.The choir sang the song.
  3. 3.The mail carrier will deliver the letter.
  4. 4.active
  5. 5.passive
  6. 6.active
  7. 7.passive
  8. 8.passive
  9. 9.active
  10. 10.passive
  11. 11.to focus on the action or the thing acted on, not who did it
  12. 12.The meal was cooked by the chef.
  13. ★bread (challenge corner)

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