Active and passive voice worksheets

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In the active voice the subject does the action: Priya checked the thermometer. In the passive voice the subject receives it: the thermometer was checked by Priya.

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  1. 7th grade Core grade

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    Active and passive voice describe who sits in the subject slot of a sentence. In the active voice the subject does the action: the stage crew painted the backdrop. In the passive voice the subject receives it: the backdrop was painted by the stage crew. Seventh graders rewrite passive sentences as active ones and explain what changed.

  2. 8th grade

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    Eighth graders switch sentences in both directions, active to passive and passive to active, in every tense. The helping verbs are the hard part: has checked becomes has been checked, and is checking becomes is being checked. Some passive sentences leave out the doer, so the sheet names it, and the student puts it back in the subject slot.

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