Lesson 1 Weekly Grammar – Active and Passive Voice

Today’s grammar lesson is going to focus on using the active and passive voice. To be able to understand the active and passive voice, you need to have a good understanding of subjects, verbs and objects in sentences. Look at the example below to help you recap this.

Read the information below, which explains the difference between the active and passive voice.

Now have a go at the quiz questions below.

The answer is the fourth sentence.

You should have underlined the words ball, girl and eggs.

In the passive voice, this sentence could be, “The alarm clock was ignored by the lazy man.” If you would like some more practise before moving on to the activity, Google “BBC Bitesize Active and Passive”, watch the short clip shown below and complete the interactive quizzes.