Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Unit 2 of 11
Grammar Gears
Gerunds and active or passive
What your child practises
Spotting -ing words that act as nouns (gerunds), telling active sentences from passive ones, and changing a sentence from one voice to the other.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B3.2 · gerunds, and active and passive voice
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which word completes the sentence with a gerund? ___ is Aiyana's favourite activity.
- Draw
- Drawn
- Drawing
Show answer
Drawing
Hint: A gerund ends in -ing and acts as the subject.
Question 2
Change to passive voice: The dog chased the ball.
- The dog was chased by the ball.
- The ball was chased by the dog.
- The ball chased the dog.
Show answer
The ball was chased by the dog.
Hint: Put the thing acted on first, then was or were with the verb, then by and the doer.
Question 3
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
- The cake was eaten.
- Ana ate the cake.
- The cake looks tasty.
Show answer
The cake was eaten.
Hint: Was eaten shows the cake received the action, even without a doer.
Question 4
Which word is a gerund? Hiking is Zoe's favourite weekend plan.
- favourite
- weekend
- Hiking
Show answer
Hiking
Hint: Hiking names an activity and is the subject, so it works as a noun.
Question 5
Which word is a gerund? My favourite hobby is baking.
- favourite
- baking
- hobby
Show answer
baking
Hint: Baking names the hobby, so it works as a noun.
Question 6
Change to passive voice: Leo painted the fence.
- Leo was painted by the fence.
- The fence painted Leo.
- The fence was painted by Leo.
Show answer
The fence was painted by Leo.
Hint: The fence receives the action, so it becomes the subject.