Year 9 Language Conventions: Active_vs_passive_voice

5 practice questions on active_vs_passive_voice for Year 9 students, aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9 NAPLAN assessment framework.

Sample Year 9 Language Conventions — Active_vs_passive_voice Questions

Question 1Mediumactive_vs_passive_voice

Why might a scientific report choose to use passive voice in this sentence? 'The samples were collected at dawn and processed within two hours.'

Question 2Mediumactive_vs_passive_voice

A student wants to rewrite this sentence to avoid passive voice. Which version is best? Original: Significant improvements were made to the public transport system by the state government over the past decade.

Question 3Mediumactive_vs_passive_voice

Which sentence is written in the active voice?

Question 4Mediumactive_vs_passive_voice

Which sentence is written in the passive voice?

Question 5Hardactive_vs_passive_voice

Which of the following best explains why the passive voice is used in this sentence from a government report? 'Errors in the original data set were identified and corrected prior to publication.'

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