Active & Passive Voice Quiz - Polish Your Grammar with Opposites in Action

Put Your Grammar in Motion - Active & Passive Voice Quiz

Understanding active and passive voice is essential for mastering English grammar and improving both writing and speaking skills. In simple terms:

Active Voice: The subject performs the action. 

Example: “The teacher explains the lesson.”

Passive Voice: The subject receives the action. 

Example: “The lesson is explained by the teacher.”

This quiz is designed to help you recognize, convert, and use both voices effectively. You’ll face  multiple-choice questions each time drawn from a large database so every attempt feels fresh. Alongside practice, here’s a quick guide to understanding the rules.

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Active & Passive Voice - Quick Guide with Rules & Examples

Active voice highlights who does the action; passive voice highlights what happens or to whom it happens. Use the quick rules and tables below to learn the structures, convert between them, and review examples across common tenses.

Rules at a Glance

Feature	Active Voice	Passive Voice
Focus	Subject performs the action.	Subject receives the action.
Structure	Subject → Verb → Object	Object → be + Past Participle (+ by + doer)
Example	The teacher explains the lesson.	The lesson is explained by the teacher.
When to use	Clarity, energy, and direct statements.	Emphasize result/receiver; doer unknown or unimportant; formal tone.

How to Convert Active → Passive

1. Identify subject, verb, and object in the active sentence.
2. Move the object to the subject position.
3. Add the correct form of be + past participle of the main verb.
4. Optionally add by + doer to show who performed the action.

Example

Active: The committee approves the proposal

Passive:The proposal is approved by the committee.

Voice Across Common Tenses

Tense	Active Example	Passive Example
Simple Present	She solves problems.	Problems are solved by her.
Present Continuous	He is cleaning the room.	The room is being cleaned by him.
Simple Past	They built the house.	The house was built by them.
Present Perfect	We have completed the task.	The task has been completed by us.
Future Simple	He will write the report.	The report will be written by him.
Future Perfect	She will have finished the project.	The project will have been finished by her.

Passive forms in perfect continuous tenses are rare and can sound awkward. Prefer clearer alternatives when possible.

💡 When to Use

Active Voices is used for clear, direct, and dynamic writing while Passive Voice, When the doer is unknown/unimportant, or when you want to highlight the action/result (e.g., in reports, science writing).

Example:

Active: “The scientist discovered the formula.”

Passive: “The formula was discovered in 2024.”

🎯 Why This Matters

Active voice makes your writing stronger and more engaging, while passive voice helps when you want a formal or objective tone. Learning to balance both is a valuable skill—especially for exams, essays, and professional communication.

So now, test your knowledge with the Active & Passive Voice Quiz above quiz and see how well you can identify, transform, and use both voices correctly!