Passive Voice

1) Your coffee (make), it will be ready in a minute

• is made

• is being made

• has been made

• will be made

2) Latin (not/speak) nowadays. It's a dead language

• wasn't spoken

• is not spoken

• wasn't being spoken

• is not being spoken

While the table (lay), we had time to change our dirty clothes.

• will be laid

• was laid

• was being laid

• had been laid

Do you know when the new book by Pullman (publish)?

• will be published

• is being published

• will be being published

Since the house (sell), the poor children had no place to

live.

• is sold

• has been sold

• had been sold

• was sold

I’m afraid boss is not available at the moment, he (interview).

• has been interviewed

• was being interviewed

• is interviewed

• is being interviewed

This piece of advice (give) to me by my father many years ago

• was being given

• was given

• will be given

• has been given

We’ve been talking for more than an hour and nothing important (say) yet.

• has been said

• had been said

• have been

• was said

According to the newspapers, the host city for the new Olympics (choose) this week.

• had been chosen

• is chosen

• will be chosen

The play first (stage) in 1903 and was a huge success.

• was staged

• was being staged

• had been staged

• will be staged