Passive

​Passive: All Tenses

Multiple Choice

The house (to lock) up when they set off.

• was locked

• locked

• had been locked

• had locked

Multiple Choice

He wished to know if his instructions (to carry) out.

• are carried

• were carried

• had carried

• had been carried

Multiple Choice

Talking of Suzan, Milly (to remind) of something she once (to tell) by John.

• was reminded, had ... been told

• was reminding, had ... told

• reminded, is ... been told

Multiple Choice

The house (to lock) up before they set off.

• was locked

• locked

• had been locked

• had locked

Multiple Choice

Wherever I went I found that the camp (to leave) in a disgraceful condition.

• was left

• is left

• has been left

• will be left

Multiple Choice

From where I stood the house (to hide) by lime trees.

• was hidden

• was hidded

• was hid

• was hided

Multiple Choice

Wherever I went I found evidence that the camp (to leave) only for a short while before we arrived.

• was being left

• is left

• had been left

• will be left

Multiple Choice

Dan had a car waiting, and open country easily (to reach) in those days.

• was being reached

• has reached

• was reached

• has been reached

Multiple Choice

When I stayed at the hotel I always (to give) the room I had had on my first visit.

• had been given

• was given

• was 

Multiple Choice

His house is large, and it completely (to furnish) and (to decorate).

• was ... furnished ... decorated

• has ... furnished ... decorated

• will ... furnished ... decorated

• is ... furnished ... decorated

Multiple Choice

After his aunt (to bury) her will (to read).

• be buried, be read

• is buried, have been read

• had been buried, was read

• gets buried, reads 

Now you will have to change active forms into passive and vice versa.​

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Open Ended

Is the date for her wedding fixed?

Open Ended

The piano is not tuned.

Open Ended

(Can you see that?) All the dishes have been washed up!

Open Ended

The milk will be brought to my door by the milkman.

Open Ended

The entire block is being demolished by the authorities.

Open Ended

The dogs must be kept on leads in the gardens.

Open Ended

This room hasn't been used for ages. (*start with Nobody)

Open Ended

Smith was knocked down by a lorry.

Open Ended

They haven't stamped the letter.

Open Ended

They didn't pay me for the work; they expected me to do it for nothing.

Open Ended

The Japanese firm makes these television sets.

Open Ended

An earthquake will have destroyed the town by next week. (Fortunately, it stopped.)

Open Ended

A machine could do this much more easily.

Open Ended

The police is watching our house.

Open Ended

You shouldn't leave these documents on the desk. You should lock them up.

Open Ended

They are repairing my piano at the moment.