Voice in Focus: Active and Passive Voice Skills for Grade 4

This Grade 4 worksheet on Active and Passive Voice helps students understand how sentence meaning changes depending on whether the subject performs the action or receives it. Through structured and engaging exercises, learners practise identifying, choosing, rewriting, and applying active and passive voice forms in context.

Students explore clear examples like “Riya writes a letter” and “A letter is written by Riya” to understand how focus shifts within a sentence. With activities such as voice identification, multiple choice questions, sentence rewriting, fill-in-the-blanks, and paragraph writing, this worksheet builds strong grammar accuracy and writing flexibility.

Why Active and Passive Voice Matter in Grammar?

Understanding voice helps students:

1. Recognise who is performing the action in a sentence.
2. Shift focus between the doer and the receiver of the action.
3. Improve sentence variety and structure.
4. Strengthen grammar skills for paragraph writing.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

Exercise 1 – Identify the Voice

Students write A (Active) or P (Passive) after each sentence.

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions

Students choose the correct sentence written in active or passive voice.

Exercise 3 – Rewrite Using the Rule

Students convert sentences from active to passive and from passive to active as instructed.

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks

Students complete a paragraph about a science exhibition using correct active or passive verb forms.

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing

Students write a paragraph on “Our Classroom Activities” using at least two active and two passive sentences.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Identify the Voice

1. A
2. P
3. A
4. P
5. A
6. P
7. A
8. P
9. A
10. P

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice

1. b
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. c
10. b

Exercise 3 – Rewritten Sentences

1. A letter is written by Riya.
2. Ravi kicked the ball.
3. A story is read by Meera.
4. Raj cleaned the classroom.
5. A cake was baked by Asha.
6. The teacher explains the lesson.
7. The gardener waters the plants.
8. Dinner was prepared by mother.
9. The police caught the thief.
10. The food is cooked by the chef.

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks

organized

was planned

was decorated

were prepared

made

designed

was set up

created

were chosen

visited

observed

Exercise 5 – Sample Paragraph

In our classroom, we perform many interesting activities every week. Our teacher explains new lessons clearly, and we complete our assignments on time. Charts are prepared by students for special projects. The classroom is decorated during festivals. We also conduct group discussions and share our ideas confidently. Homework is checked carefully by the teacher every day.

(Answers may vary.)

Help your child confidently switch between active and passive voice and strengthen grammar skills with structured, grade-appropriate practice.

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