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Grade 12 Active & Passive Voice Worksheet with Answers

Grade 12 (US) · Year 13 (UK) · Class 12 (India) · English

Unit 1: Grammar & UsageSentence CraftCCSS L.11-12.3a

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 12 · English

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Learning goal: Sentence Craft · CCSS L.11-12.3a

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

Example

Active or passive? 'The cake was baked by Ana.'

Answer: passive

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

Active or Passive? Tick one box for each.

ActivePassive
1The students wrote essays.
2The cat chased the mouse.
3The mouse was chased by the cat.
4The window was broken.
5Mistakes were made.
6Ana baked the cake.
Part B

Rewrite in the active voice:

  1. 7

    The ball was kicked by Leo.

  2. 8

    The song was sung by the choir.

  3. 9

    The letter will be delivered by the mail carrier.

Part C

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 10

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

  2. 11

    Rewrite in the passive voice: 'Scientists discovered a new planet.'

  3. 12

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

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?

How did I do?

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

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