Change the Focus: Active and Passive Voice for Class 6

This Grade 6 worksheet introduces learners to the difference between active and passive voice. With a focus on verb placement and sentence structure, students practice rewriting, identifying verb phrases, and forming passive constructions to describe actions with clarity.

Why Active and Passive Voice Matter in Grammar?

Understanding voice helps students improve variety and precision in writing. For Grade 6 learners, this topic is important because:

1. Active voice emphasizes the doer of the action; passive emphasizes the receiver.

2. Passive voice is used in formal, factual, or scientific writing.

3. It builds understanding of verb phrases and object focus.

4. It supports clarity and style in advanced sentence construction.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five exercises that teach students how to recognize and transform sentence voice:

🧠 Exercise 1 – Underline the Verb Phrase

Students underline the verb phrase in each sentence and label the voice as active or passive.

✏️ Exercise 2 – Match the Sentences

Learners match sentences from Column A (Active Voice) with their correct versions in Column B (Passive Voice).

📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

Students complete passive voice sentences using the correct form of the verb (e.g., is washed, was broken).

📝 Exercise 4 – Rewrite in Passive Voice

Given active voice sentences, learners rewrite them in passive voice while maintaining correct tense and meaning.

🎨 Exercise 5 – Create Your Own Sentences

Using prompts with given objects, verbs, and tenses, learners write original passive voice sentences.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Underlined Verb Phrases and Voice

1. was broken – Passive

2. prepares – Active

3. was opened – Passive

4. cleaned – Active

5. are watered – Passive

6. was told – Passive

7. wear – Active

8. was completed – Passive

9. bakes – Active

10. was found – Passive

Exercise 2 – Active to Passive Matches

1. Riya draws beautiful sketches. → Beautiful sketches are drawn by Riya.

2. They completed the project. → The project was completed by them.

3. He waters the plants daily. → The plants are watered daily by him.

4. The children cleaned the classroom. → The classroom was cleaned by the children.

5. She bakes cookies on weekends. → Cookies are baked by her on weekends.

6. My father repaired the bicycle. → The bicycle was repaired by my father.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

1. are washed

2. was opened

3. were sent

4. was decorated

5. is cleaned

6. was delivered

7. were planted

8. are switched off

9. was found

10. was broken

Exercise 4 – Rewritten Sentences in Passive Voice

1. Football is played by the children every evening.

2. The plants are watered daily by my father.

3. The novel is read carefully by her.

4. A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.

5. The bell is rung at 8 AM by the peon.

6. The gate was opened by the guard.

7. A letter was written to the principal by him.

8. The fence is being painted by the painter.

9. A new uniform was stitched by the tailor.

10. The science project was completed by the students.

Exercise 5 – Sample Passive Sentences

1. The clothes are washed every morning.

2. The story was written by the student.

3. The seeds were planted in the field.

4. The invitations are sent by the principal.

5. The classroom was cleaned before recess.