KS2 English textbook
Chapter 6: Active and passive voice, subject and object
- Strand Grammar
- Level Year 5
- Practice 80 questions with step-by-step solutions
By the end of this chapter you will be able to
- Find the subject and the object in a sentence
- Turn an active sentence into a passive sentence, and back again
- Use was, were, is or are with a past participle to make the passive
- Know when the agent (by ...) can be left out
- Explain why a writer might choose the passive
You should already know
- Nouns, verbs and sentences (Year 4, Chapters 6 and 7)
- Modal and perfect verb forms (Chapter 5 of this book)
Where this leads
- Brackets, dashes, commas and hyphens (Chapter 7 of this book)
Lessons in this chapter
- 6.1 The subject and the object of a verb
- 6.2 The active voice
- 6.3 The passive voice: was, were, is or are with the past participle
- 6.4 The agent, and when to leave it out
- 6.5 Choosing the active or passive for effect
- Summary and key words
- Check-up and practice test questions
Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).
Practise with real exam questions
The DfE publishes every past KS2 test, with mark schemes, for free.