Action in Focus: Active and Passive Voice for Grade 6 

This Grade 6 worksheet introduces students to the basics of Active and Passive Voice using simple present and simple past tenses. Designed as an introductory grammar resource, it helps learners understand how the focus of a sentence changes depending on whether the subject performs an action or receives it. Through carefully scaffolded activities such as identification, multiple-choice selection, sentence rewriting, passage-based practice, and paragraph writing, students gain clarity and confidence in using both voices correctly in everyday writing. 

Why Active & Passive Voice Matter in Grammar? 

Understanding voice is important for Grade 6 learners because: 
1. Active voice makes sentences clear, direct, and easy to understand. 
2. Passive voice shifts focus to the action or result when the doer is less important. 
3. Voice choice improves sentence variety and writing flexibility. 
4. Correct use of voice supports accuracy in narration, reports, and formal writing. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five progressive activities to build voice awareness and usage skills: 

✏️ Exercise 1 – Identify Active and Passive Voice 
Students underline sentences written in active voice and circle those written in passive voice. Example: “The ball *was kicked by Ravi*.” 

🧠 Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students select the correct active or passive sentence by identifying who performs the action and how the verb is structured. 

✍️ Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting 
Learners convert sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa, applying rules of tense and subject–object shift. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Passage-Based) 
Students complete a passage using suitable verb forms and connectors, reinforcing contextual use of active and passive voice. 

📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Students write a short paragraph on “A Day with My Family” using both active and passive voice to demonstrate understanding. 

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Exercise 1 – Identify Active and Passive Voice 
Active: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 
Passive: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. b) Raj baked the cake today. 
2. b) The picture was drawn by Meera. 
3. b) Riya cleans the floor well. 
4. a) Ravi plays football daily. 
5. a) The letter is written by Asha. 
6. c) Meera tells the story now. 
7. a) The song was sung by Ravi. 
8. c) Raj builds the house now. 
9. a) The garden was watered by Meera. 
10. b) Asha helps her mother daily. 

Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting (Sample Answers) 
1. The wall is painted by Ravi today. 
2. Raj wrote a letter last week. 
3. The clothes are washed by Meera. 
4. The board was cleaned by Riya. 
5. The bright picture was drawn by Asha. 
6. The ball was kicked hard by Ravi. 
7. The cake was eaten quickly by Raj. 
8. The floor was cleaned by Meera. 
9. Riya cooks the food now. 
10. Her mother is helped daily by Asha. 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers) 
was read, was cleaned, were watered, because, because, because, so that, because, so that 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Answers may vary.

Help your child gain clarity and control over sentence voice with this Grade 6 Active vs Passive Voice worksheet. 
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