Active and Passive Voice Flashcards
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Someone pulled the fire alarm.
Active
Is the following sentence active or passive?
The fire alarm was pulled by someone
Passive
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Chen’s head was wrapped in a bandage by Sarita.
Passive
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Sarita wrapped Chen’s head in a bandage.
Active
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Denise’s car was covered by snow.
Passive
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Sun cream should be applied every 2 hours.
Passive.
In this case, sun cream is not doing an action, sun cream is the object being applied. The active version would be:
Someone should apply sunscreen every 2 hours.
Is the following sentence active or passive?
Sofia relaxed at home with her cat.
Active
What are intransitive verbs and how does it affect active/passive sentences?
Intransitive verbs are verbs that cannot have an object. This means if there in an intransitive verb, the sentence cannot be passive.
e.g. Mahana sleeps peacefully.
Sentences with intransitive verbs must be active because the subject must do the action. The action can’t be done to the subject.
Why must sentences with intransitive verbs be active?
Because the subject MUST do the action, the action cannot be done to an object. This means you have no other noun/object to flip the sentence to make it passive.
Can the following sentence be made passive?
Marina went to the park.
No, it has an intransitive verb.
Can the following sentence be made passive?
Dad carries the packages.
Yes, the packages can be carried.
Can the following sentence be made passive?
The family laughed together.
No, there is no object.
