GRAMMAR UNIT 6 - DOUBLE CLICK 4

We form the passive voice with the verb to be in the appropriate tense and the present participle of the main verb.

• True

• False

Only intransitive verbs can be used in the passive.

• True

• False

We can use the verb to get instead of the verb to be in everyday speech when we talk about things that happen by accident or unexpectedly.

• True

• False

Passive modals in the past are used to give opinions about events and situations that happened in the past.

• True

• False

Use a passive tense here:

The money _______________________ to the poor.

• could has been given

• could have being given

• could have been given

• could be having given

Use the passive voice here:

The package _______________ a week ago.

• should have sent

• should have been sent

• should have being sent

• should be sent

I go to the church every day.

Where's the passive voice here?

• The church is gone to me every day.

• Every day the church is gone.

• The church is gone by me every day.

• None is correct.

She's rushing home to see his smiling face.

Which one is the passive tense?

• Home is being rushed to see his smiling face.

• His smiling face is rushed by her to see.

• Rushing his smiling face is seen by her.

• None is correct.

When the person or people who do the action are known, important or obvious from the context we use the passive voice.

• True

• False

We can use the reduced passive voice in newspapers.

• True

• False