The passive voice

Which of these sentences is formed with the passive voice?

• Peter was invited to the wedding

• John was running very fast in the countryside

• Susan has been upset all the morning

• Lee went to the theatre last month

We should always use "by" in the passive voice

• Yes, we should

• Yes, but only with plural nouns

• Yes, but only with singular nouns

• Yes, but only with proper nouns

• Yes, but only with pronouns

Which definition of the passive voice is correct?

• We use the passive voice to give importance to the direct complement in the active voice.

• We use the passive voice to give importance to the agent complement

• We use the passive voice to make sentences with past participle

• We use the passive voice to use the agent complement in the active voice.

Which auxiliary form and verb form do we use in the passive voice?

• Be + Ving

• Be + past participle

• Be + Infinitive with "to".

• Be + infinitive without "to"

The translation of the passive voice into Spanish is...

• Ser + gerundio

• Ser + infinitivo

• Ser + participio

• Ser/estar + participio

Write the passive voice of "Sarah washes the dishes".

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Write the passive voice of "My father bought the sweets".

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Turn this sentence into passive: "I do my homework".

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Turn this sentence into the passive voice: "I did my homework".

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The tense in the passive voice is the same as in the active voice

• Yes, it is.

• Yes, but only in the simple past

• Yes, but only with progressive tenses.

• Yes, but only with modal verbs.