Passive Voice Quiz

We use passive voice when we want to...

• highlight the tense

• highlight the action

• highlight the past participle

• highlight the subject

What are the main components of passive voice?

• Verb to be according to the tense

• Past participle in the main tense

• Verb to be and the past participle according to the tense

• Verb to be according to the tense and the past participle

Which of these sentences is NOT in passive voice?

• The CV was filled out by the candidate.

• The candidate was filling out the CV.

• CVs are filled out by the candidate.

• The CV is filled out by the candidate.

Which of these sentences IS passive voice?

• They threw garbage away every day.

• They need to throw the garbage away every day.

• They were throwing garbage every day.

• Garbage is thrown away every day.

Change into passive voice: "He broke her heart"

• He breaks up her heart.

• Her heart was broken by him.

• Her heart is broken by him.

• Her heart was breaking by him.

Change into passive voice: "Students hand in the writing log"

• The writing log is handed in by students.

• The writing log was handed in by students.

• Students are handing in the writing log.

• The writing log was handed by students.

Change into passive voice: "Candidates fill out a format before the interview"

• A format was filled out by candidates before the interview.

• A format is filling out by candidates before the interview.

• A format is fill out by candidates before the interview.

• A format is filled out by candidates before the interview.

Change into passive voice: " We called off the meeting".

• The meeting have been called off by us.

• The meeting was called off by us.

• The meeting has been called off by us.

• The meeting were called off by us.

Change into passive voice: " Two students gave a great presentation".

• A great presentation was given by two students.

• A great presentation is given by two students.

• A great presentation was gave by two students.

• A great presentation were given by two students.

Change into the passive voice: "My colleague leads the project nowadays"

• The project is led by my colleague nowadays.

• The new project is lead by my colleague nowadays.

• The new project is leading by my colleague nowadays.

• The new project was led by my colleague nowadays.