Active and Passive Voice - Worksheet 1

 Active and Passive Voice: Worksheet (Checking Prior Knowledge)

What is a ‘subject’?

A subject is a person or a group of people or the main topic of the sentence who performs an action. It is also called as ‘do-er’ of the action.

For example:

·        Om visits a Church. (Subject: Om)

·        Radha and Raina passed the examination. (Subject: Radha and Raina)

·        Students filled the forms. (Subject: Students)

 

What is an ‘object’?

An object is a word on which the action is performed.

For example:

·        Rahul meets a friend. (Object: a friend)

·        Mother is cooking dinner. (Object: dinner)

·        Suhasini has been solving Maths problems. (Object: Math problems)

 

What is an ‘active voice’ sentence?

An active voice sentence is a sentence where ‘subject’ is given importance by placing it at the beginning of the sentence.

For example:

·        Shaam is playing cricket.

·        Rupa was repairing a mobile phone.

 

What is a ‘passive voice’ sentence?

An active voice sentence is a sentence where ‘object’ is given importance by placing it at the beginning of the sentence.

For example:

·        Cricket is being played by Shaam.

·        A mobile was being repaired by Rupa.

 

Main Verb and Helping Verbs:

A main verb is a word that shows action. For example: Run, Dance, Swim, Sit, Come, Go, etc.

A helping verb is a word that doesn’t show an action but shows a state

For example: am, is, are, was, were, will, shall, have, has, had, do, does, did, etc.

Identify subjects and objects from the following sentences:

Sentence	Subject	Object
Pravin broke the glass.
Students disturbed the class very often.
The sweeper cleans the floor every day.
The police inspector wore a helmet during rally.
The teacher took the students' attendance.
A doctor is operating a patient.
They are producing generic medicines in every country.

 

Identify the helping verb and the main verb from the following sentences:

Sentence	Helping Verb	Main Verb
Sudha Murthy has written many novels.
Narendra Modi is working as the Prime Minister of India.
Snehal and Sudha are toiling in the field.
They will be distributing books to the poor students.
Rahul has been completing his homework.
The housekeeping staff had cleaned the room.

 

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