Active and Passive Voice Quiz

1. In active voice, the subject:

Does the action

Receives the action

Is always unknown

Is never important

2. Which sentence is in passive voice?

The dog bit the man

Shakespeare wrote many plays

The man was bitten by the dog

My mother made this cake

3. Passive voice is commonly used when:

You want to sound more casual

You want to emphasize the doer of the action

You are giving direct instructions

The doer is unknown or not important

4. "My car was stolen." This sentence uses passive voice because:

The thief is obvious

We don't know who stole the car

We want to blame the car owner

It sounds more formal

5. Which type of writing commonly uses passive voice?

Text messages to friends

Casual conversations

Academic papers and official documents

Recipe instructions

6. "The bridge was completed in 2022." What is the focus of this sentence?

The construction crew

The bridge and when it was finished

The year 2022

The construction process

7. The "get" passive (e.g., "got stolen") is:

Used in formal writing

Only used in American English

Informal and used in everyday conversation

Grammatically incorrect

8. Which is the informal version of "He was hurt in the accident"?

He hurts in the accident

He got hurt in the accident

He is hurt in the accident

The accident hurt he

9. "The thief was arrested." Why is passive voice appropriate here?

The thief is not important

We want to protect the police's identity

It sounds more informal

It's obvious the police did it

10. Which sentence should use ACTIVE voice?

This house was built in 1920

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet

My wallet was stolen

The email has been sent

11. "Three people were injured in the accident." This is typical of:

Recipe writing

Personal emails

News reports

Casual conversation

12. When giving instructions like "Cut the vegetables," you should use:

Active voice

Passive voice

Get passive

Either is fine

13. Which is an example of "get" passive?

I was paid yesterday

The data were analyzed

She is married

They got fired last week

14. "The email has been sent." This focuses on:

Who sent the email

The result - that it's done

The email address

The time it was sent

15. In passive voice, the subject:

Performs the action

Is always a person

Receives the action

Must be mentioned explicitly

16. Which statement about passive voice is TRUE?

It should always be avoided

Native speakers use it frequently for good reasons

It's only used in German, not English

It's grammatically incorrect

17. "My mother made this cake." This is active voice because:

It's informal

It sounds better

The cake is important

We want to credit the mother - she's the doer

18. Which is NOT a common "get" passive expression?

get married

get caught

get lost

get writing

19. When deciding between active and passive voice, ask yourself:

Which sounds more German?

Which is longer?

Who or what is the star of the sentence?

Which uses fewer words?

20. Where should you NOT use "get" passive?

In casual conversation

In essays and formal writing

When talking to friends

In everyday speech