English · Stage 6

Active & Passive

Grammar & Punctuation — active puts the doer first ('The dog chased the ball'); passive puts the target first with be + a past participle ('The ball was chased by the dog')

✦ English📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~13 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start

I can use active and passive voice.

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Kavi Flips a Sentence

"Watch this," said Kavi, tapping a card. "The dog chased the ball — the doer leads. That is the active voice. Now I flip it: The ball was chased by the dog — the target leads, the verb becomes was chased, and the doer can even vanish: The window was broken. Same event, a different leader. Let's flip some sentences together!"

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What your child will learn

1Active voice vs passive voiceBoth sentences tell the same event — but they begin with a different word.

2The ball · was chased · by the dog

3Turn the sentence aroundMove the target to the front, change the verb to be + past participle, and send the doer to 'by ...'.

4Active or passive?Read each sentence. If the DOER comes first it is active. If the target comes first (with be + a past participle) it is passive.

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A peek inside

Is "The ball was chased by the dog" active or passive — and how can you tell?

what comes first? → 'The ball' (the target, not the doer). what is the verb? → 'was chased' (be + past participle)

Try this at home: In 'The cake was eaten by the mice,' which voice is it?

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