Active-Passive Voice

They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Some old documents were translated by them last week.

• Some old documents have been translated by them last week.

• Some old documents were being translated by them last week.

The important email has been sent by my secretary. What is the active form of this sentence?

• My secretary was sending the important email

• My secretary has sent the important email

• My secretary is sending the important email

We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.

We can see many beautiful paintings in this exhibition. They were ……. by famous Indonesian painter.

• Painting

• Painted

• Paint

Two tents for our camping would …….. by my mother.

• Being bought

• Been bought

• Be bought

They cancelled all flights because of fog. The passive form of the sentence is, because of fog….

• All flights had cancelled

• All flights were cancelled

• All flights have been cancelled

A well known architect is designing our new office. The passive form of the above sentence is, Our new office …… by a well known architect.

• Design

• Designed

• Is being designed

Jupiters four moons ……. through a telescope by Galileo.

• Were first viewed

• First viewed

• Had been first viewed

A plate of fried rice ______ every Sunday morning by my mother.

• were cooked

• is cooked

• are cooked

We will be visiting our grandmother next holiday. (active)

Our grandmother_____by us next week. (passive)

• will be being visited.

• will be visited.

• would be being visited.