Introduction to Passive Voice

Which are the CORRECT description of passive voice?

• Active voice is the opposite of passive voice.

• The subject cannot be changed in passive voice

• Past simple tense is one of the must have element in passive voice sentence.

• The adjective in a active sentence can be transformed to passive voice sentence.

Select all the COREECT passive voice sentence.

• The house was being painted when I arrived.

• They make Fords in Cologne.

• A man was saved by the lifeguard

• A new factory is going to be built in Portland.

What is the function of passive voice

• Emphasis the object or the action than the subject.

• The object can do the action itself.

• To show the person who does the action is important

• When the person doing the action is not obvious.

A passive voice sentence must have verb to 'be' and a present perfect tense.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A passive voice emphasis the subject more than the object.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which one below is a passive voice sentence?

• The car was crashed on the highway last night.

• The cat has been starving for days.

Which one below is a passive voice sentence?

• John was caught last night.

• Sue changed the flat tire

Which one below is NOT a Passive Voice sentence

• Sugar cane is raised by some people in Hawaii.

• Instructions will be given to you by the director.

• The staff is required to watch a safety video every year.

• The entire house was painted by Tom.

Passive Voice tells what is done to someone or something.

• TRUE

• FALSE

In passive voice sentence, the subject performs the action and typically comes before the action (verb).

• TRUE

• FALSE