Activities on Active and Passive Voice – JSS1 English Lesson Note (Third Term)

This activity gives JSS1 students practice with active and passive voice. In the first exercise, students fill each blank with the correct form of the verb in brackets, choosing active or passive and a suitable tense. In the second exercise, they change active sentences into passive voice. The sentences use different tenses, questions, negatives and modal verbs.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• choose between the active and passive form of a verb in a sentence;
• use a suitable tense when filling in the blanks;
• change active sentences into passive voice;
• change negative and question sentences into passive voice.

Exercise 1: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb

Use the given verb in either active or passive form in a suitable tense.

1. At present, the oldest house in town —- (restore) by the Historical Society. When the restoration is finished, the house is sure to be a popular tourist attraction.
2. A: What a beautiful old wooden chest!
   B: It —- (build) by my grandfather over fifty years ago.
3. At one time, the entire world —- (rule) by dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs —- (walk) on their hind legs and —- (stand) as tall as palm trees.
4. Disneyland is a world-famous amusement park in Southern California. It —- (visit) by more than ten million people every year.
5. Many of us take water for granted in our daily lives, but people who live in the desert —- (not use) water carelessly. To them, each drop is precious.
6. I —- (not agree) with people who say space exploration is a waste of money.
7. Do you think that we —- (invade) by creatures from outer space soon?
8. Most insects —- (live) for less than a year. The common housefly —- (live) from 19 to 30 days.
9. —- (you, accept, already) by this university when you heard about the other scholarship?
10. I got into a taxi quickly because I —- (follow) by two strange men. As soon as I got into the taxi, I —- (feel) a little safer.

Exercise 2: Change the active sentences into passive voice

1. I did not beat her.
2. I will never forget this experience.
3. Mother made a cake yesterday.
4. The boy teased the girl.
5. Did she do her duty?
6. The tiger was chasing the deer.
7. She has written a novel.
8. She has learned her lessons.
9. Have you finished the report?
10. The police have caught the thief.
11. My brother has completed the work.
12. Somebody stole my pen yesterday.
13. Our team may win the match.
14. Nurses look after patients.

Evaluation

1. Write the passive form of “The tiger was chasing the deer.”
2. Write the passive form of “Have you finished the report?”
3. Write the passive form of “Our team may win the match.”
4. Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb: Disneyland —- (visit) by more than ten million people every year.

Assignment

Write five active sentences of your own about your school or home. Change each one into passive voice.