ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Worksheet Exercise 2.

Exercise 2. Directions: Encircle the direct object in each of the following sentences in active voice
constructions. Then on the blank BEFORE the number, write whether the direct object is plural or singular.
Name: _____________________________ Section: __________________________ (Clue: Direct object is always found after the main verb)
____________ 1. God loves all of us so much. _______________
In active voice sentences the subject does the action.
____________ 2. God gave His only begotten Son to save us from hell. ___________________
Example: Jesus Christ paid all our sins.
____________ 3. People around them asked Paul and Luke how to be saved. ____________________
In passive voice sentences the subject receives the action.
____________ 4. Paul told them to believe on the name of Jesus Christ. _________________
Example: All our sins were paid by Jesus Christ.
____________ 5. Have you rejected Jesus Christ and His words? ______________________
- The sentence that uses the active voice is stronger and clearly shows who performs the action.
____________ 6. Spaniards twisted the minds of ancient Filipinos 500 years ago. ___________________
- The sentence that uses the passive voice is weaker and less direct. It is, however, not incorrect to use the
____________ 7. They misused the name of God to grab lands and tithes from the people. ______________
passive voice. Sometimes the doer of the action is omitted in passive voice sentences.
____________ 8. They had brought different gods to affright the Filipinos. ___________________
Example: The Bible and the Book of Life were both opened.
____________ 9. Jose Rizal learned the truth in the Bible when He was in Europe. ___________________
____________ 10. Jose Rizal opposed the wrong faith brought by the Spanish priests. ________________
Exercise 1. Directions: Decide whether the following sentences are written in the active or passive voice.
Then write the doer of the action on the line to the right. If the doer is unknown, write a question mark (?).
--Changing active voice sentences to passive constructions requires attention in the tenses of the verbs.
Example: Paul preached the gospel to the Gentiles. active / passive PAUL
Be guided by the table below.
1. Everyone commits sin. active / passive ________________
2. Most of the people today are deceived by Satan. active / passive ________________ Tenses of the Verbs Active Voice Passive Voice

3. No one had sought the truth and the true God. active / passive ________________ Present Tense s/es or basic from is/are + past participle

4. We are saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus. active / passive ________________ ex. pay, loves ex. is paid, are loved

5. Homosexuals will not enter the Kingdom of God according to the Bible. active / passive ________ Present Perfect Tense has/have + past participle has/have been + past participle

6. Only saved souls are accepted in Heaven. active / passive ________________ ex. has paid, have loved ex. has paid, have been loved
7. The Bible will be used by the Lord God in the judgment day. active / passive ________________ Past Tense d/ed or change in spelling was/were + past participle

8. Will God write your name in the Book of Life? active / passive ________________ ex. paid, loved ex. was paid, were loved
9. The unbelievers have been waited by the Hell to come under. active / passive ________________ Past Perfect Tense had + past participle had + past participle
10. We are justified not by any of our good work. active / passive ________________ ex. had paid, had loved ex. had been paid, had been loved

Future Perfect will/shall + basic form Will/shall be + past participle

--In changing sentences from ACTIVE to PASSIVE Voice, the Direct Object in active voice will become the ex. will pay, shall love Ex. will be paid, shall be loved
Subject in passive voice construction. While in rewriting Passive to Active Voice, the ‘by phrase’ in passive Future Perfect Tense Will/shall have + past participle will/shall have been + past participle

voice will become the subject in active voice. Ex. will have paid, shall have ex. will have been paid, shall have
been loved.
Example: Active: Jesus Christ had paid all our sins. loved
Passive: All our sins had been paid by Jesus Christ. Exercise 3. Underline the verbs used in Exercise 2, then write the tense on the opposite space.
--If there is no “by phrase” or doer of the action in passive voice sentence, just add any ‘subject’ Exercise 4. Rewrite the sentences in Exercise 2 using Passive Voice Construction. Use the backpage.
Example: Passive: The Bible and the Book of Life were both opened. Exercise 5. Rewrite the sentences in Exercise 1. Change the active to passive and vice versa. Use the
Active: The angel of the Lord opened both the Bible and the Book of Life. backpage of this paper.