Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Active/passive Voice: More Complex Tenses (English Ii Writing)
In this learning module, students will expand their range of editing skills and improve your writing by replacing passive verbs with active verbs and learning to use verb tense consistently. It will improve their voice, tenses, and mood.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Active Passive Voice Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on changing Passive Voice sentences to Active Voice.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Active Passive Voice Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on changing passive voice sentences to active voice.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Active Passive Voice Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on changing passive voice sentences to active voice.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Active Passive Voice Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on changing Passive Voice sentences to Active Voice.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: An Active & Passive Voice Mini Lesson
Lesson which allows young scholars to explore active/passive voice verb choice through numerous online resources, and then apply these principles to their own writing style.
Get It Write
Get It Write: The Passive Voice
Use this tutorial to ensure understanding of the passive voice and about how to use it. Students can test their understanding after the explanation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
A video lesson introduces the passive voice and demonstrates how it is formed within a sentence. [7:09]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Passive Voice
This lesson introduces the passive voice and how it is formed. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Active and Passive Voice
Know when to use verbs in the active voice or the passive voice. The active voice shows the subject acting. The passive voice shows something else acting on the subject. Most writers consider the active voice more colorful and avoid the...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Active and Passive Voice
A good resource that clearly outlines the differences, uses, and purposes of the active and passive voice, both in writing and in verb construction. Includes charts and examples. Click through all the sub-topics for the complete...
Towson University
Towson University: Active Passive Voice Exercise 1
Learn more about active and passive voice by identifying the doer subject and the action verb of these ten sentences.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Passive and Active Voice
This tutorial focuses on active and passive voice. Definitions, examples, and the reasons that the active voice is the preferred voice in most cases. It offers a slide show with definitions, examples, when to use, forms of passive voice...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Passive and Active Voices
Check out this in-depth look at the function of active and passive voice in writing effective sentences. A quiz is included at the end of the module.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active
This lesson explains how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Making the Passive Voice Active
This lesson explains how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Write It: Activate Your Verbs [Pdf]
Three page, PDF format handout that explains passive verbs, and when and how to avoid them. The third page contains some practice exercises. Colorful page with a good amount of information packed in to a fairly small space.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Voice and Mood
A helpful outline of verb structures, including active and passive voice. Imperative, indicative, and subjunctive moods are also included. A printable version is linked.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Editing for Proper Voice, Tense, and Syntax
This lesson focuses on editing voice, verb tense, and syntax. It includes practice exercises.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Verbs and Verbals
This resource is a grammar primer page that focuses on verbs and verbals. It provides information and practice for verb tenses, verb forms, active and passive voice, and much more. L.9-10.4b Patterns/word changes, L.11-12.4b...
Other
The Business Writing Center: Passive and Active Voice
Learn about active and passive voice and practice changing passive voice sentences into active voice.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
University College London
University College London: Verbs Voice
This site has information on the active and passive verb voice. Includes a short exercise to test your knowledge.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Verbs: Voice: Active or Passive Quiz
Determine if each of these ten sentences is written in active voice or in passive voice. Answers are provided.