Passive Voice - Present Simple

Passive Voice​

​Obj. Identifying the elements of the passive voice

The active voice is used when the subject of the sentence does the action.

• Patrick eats burgers

​What are the subjects of these sentences?

• ​Felipe plays video games

• ​Anna goes to bed at 10 pm

• ​The dogs eat bacon

• ​My mom and my sister talk on the phone everyday

Multiple Choice

Select the SUBJECT of this sentence:

Tom plays videogames

• Tom

• plays

• videogames

Multiple Choice

Select the SUBJECT of this sentence:

She sings pop songs

• She

• sings

• pop songs

Multiple Choice

Select the SUBJECT of this sentence:

My friend draws portraits

• My friend

• draws

• portraits

The passive voice is used when we focus on the object of the sentence.

• Burgers are eaten

to form the passive use be + past participle

In the present simple, the passive is: am / is / are + past participle 

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE:

Dinner is cooked

• Dinner

• is

• cooked

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE:

Pizza is eaten

• Pizza

• is

• eaten

Multiple Choice

Select the verb in PAST PARTICIPLE:

Houses are bought

• Houses

• are

• bought

Choose the correct form of the sentences on its PASSIVE form.

Multiple Choice

Jane reads a lot of books

• A lot of books is reading

• A lot of books are read

Multiple Choice

She sends emails

• emails are sends

• emails are sent

Multiple Choice

They cut the grass

• The grass is cut

• The grass are cuted

Multiple Choice

People in Mexico speak Spanish .

• Spanish is spoken in Mexico.

• Spanish in Mexico speak.

Multiple Choice

He cleans the windows

• Windows are cleaned

• He are cleaned windows

​Complete the sentences with the missing words

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Multiple Choice

The car ____ fixed by the mechanic.

• are

• am

• is

Multiple Choice

Airplane tickets ___ sold on the internet.

• are

• am

• is

Multiple Choice

The pizza is _______.

• eat

• eating

• eaten

Multiple Choice

The shoes are _____.

• wear

• worn

• wearing

Multiple Choice

The truck is ______.

• driven

• driving

• drive