Passive Voice

In the passive voice, the object becomes the subject

• True

• False

We make the passive voice using the structure

• Object, subject, auxiliary verb to be

• Subject, past participle, auxiliary verb to be

• Auxiliary verb, object, subject

• Subject, auxiliary verb to be, past participle

Make this a passive sentence: People all over the world speak English.

• English is spoken all over the world

• The world has spoken English

• English has been spoken all over the world

• English had been spoken all over the world

The film... (make) ten years ago

• The director made the film 10 years ago

• The film has been made ten years ago

• The film was made 10 years ago

• The film is finished

Which of the following statements is in the passive voice?

• My mother birthed me in the year 2007

• I was born in the year 2007.

• My mother and father had me in the year 2007.

• None of the Above

The first manned rocket to the moon ... in 1969.

• has been launched

• was launched

• was launched

• will be launched

The office building _____ ____ ________ next year.

• has been built

• is being built

• will be built

• was built

Everyone at the party had eaten all the cake before Jude arrived.

• Jude ate cake at the party before people arrived.

• Jude ate cake at the party before people arrived.

• Jude ate cake before people arrived

• All the cake had been eaten before Jude arrived.

School leavers face a number of difficult challenges. However, they can overcome many of these challenges by simply talking to a school counsellor. Rewrite the underlined sentence.

• None are correct

• However, many of these challenges can be overcome by simply talking to a school counsellor.

• Student can overcome these challenges by talking to a school counsellor

• They will overcome these challenges by talking to a school counsellor.

Rewrite this sentence in the passive voice. "Courses train the school counsellors to listen to students and give advice."

• Programs and universities provide training to school counsellors, showing them how to listen to students and give advice.

• Programs provide training to school counsellors, showing them how to listen to students and give advice.

• Universities train school counsellors to listen to students and give advice.

• School counsellors are trained to listen to students and give advice.