The Passive

Multiple Select

Which is a passive sentence?

• Larissa cooked the dinner.

• The dinner was cooked by Larissa.

• People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

• Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.

The passive

Open Ended

What is the passive?

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

Open Ended

My grandfather built this house in 1943.

Open Ended

Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.

Open Ended

The cleaner has cleaned the office.

Open Ended

He had written three books before 1867.

Open Ended

John will tell you later.

Open Ended

By this time tomorrow we will have signed the deal.

Open Ended

Somebody should do the work.

Open Ended

The traffic might have delayed Jimmy.

Open Ended

Everybody loves Mr Brown.

Open Ended

They are building a new stadium near the station.

Open Ended

The wolf ate the princess.