Class 5 Active and Passive Voice Questions with Answers

In the active voice, the doer comes first: "The chef cooked the meal." In the passive voice, the thing that receives the action comes first: "The meal was cooked by the chef." Class 5 grammar also practises transforming sentences, such as making a sentence negative or turning a statement into a question.

What your child should know

• Active: subject does the action. Passive: subject receives the action.
• Passive voice uses a form of be + past participle: was cooked, is written.
• Negative sentences use do/does/did + not: Rohan does not like apples.
• After does/did, the verb goes back to its base form (like, not likes).

5 Sentence and voice questions with answers

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Q1. Which sentence is in the passive voice?

A) The chef cooked the meal.
B) The meal was cooked by the chef.
C) The chef is cooking the meal.
D) The chef cooks every day.

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Answer: B) The meal was cooked by the chef.

In the passive voice, the receiver of the action becomes the subject.

Q2. Which sentence is an exclamatory sentence?

A) Where are you going?
B) Please close the door.
C) What a beautiful rainbow!
D) The rainbow is beautiful.

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Answer: C) What a beautiful rainbow!

An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feelings or excitement.

Q3. Change the sentence into a question: 'She is reading a book.'

A) Is she reading a book?
B) She is reading a book?
C) Reading she is a book?
D) Does she is reading a book?

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Answer: A) Is she reading a book?

Questions with 'is' begin with the helping verb: 'Is she reading a book?'

Q4. Choose the correct negative form of the sentence: 'Rohan likes apples.'

A) Rohan not likes apples.
B) Rohan does not likes apples.
C) Rohan does not like apples.
D) Rohan no like apples.

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Answer: C) Rohan does not like apples.

With 'does not', the main verb stays in its base form: 'like'.

Q5. Choose the passive voice of: 'The students cleaned the classroom.'

A) The classroom cleaned the students.
B) The classroom was cleaned by the students.
C) The classroom is cleaning the students.
D) The students were cleaned by the classroom.

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Answer: B) The classroom was cleaned by the students.

The object 'the classroom' becomes the subject in the passive voice.

How to practise sentence and voice at home

• Spot passive sentences in newspaper headlines ("Bridge opened by minister").
• Take three active sentences a day and turn them into passive ones together.
• Read the sentence aloud after transforming it. If it sounds odd, check the verb form.

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