Passive Voice (Present Simple and Past Simple)

The Passive is formed with the correct form of the verb __________ and the past partciple.

• to have

• to be

• to go

• to get

Mobile phones _________ (own) by about 4.3 billion people today.

• is owned

• were owned

• was owned

• are owned

The average text message__________(answer) within 90 seconds.

• was answered

• is answered

• were answered

• are answered

American football ____________(not play) very much in the UK.

• wasn't played

• aren't played

• weren't played

• isn't played

Most crimes __________(commit) in big cities.

• were commited

• is commited

• are commited

• was commited

The first computer __________ (invent) by Charles Babbage.

• is invented

• was invented

• were invented

• are invented

Find the Passive sentence.

• He cleans his room every day.

• His father bought him a new guitar.

• She is making cookies.

• Milk is kept in the fridge.

Find the Active sentence.

• He washes his car every weekend.

• He is taught how to drive by his uncle.

• All the work has been done.

• Milk is kept in the fridge.

Active sentence: Peter Jackson directed the Hobbit films. Which is the correct Passive sentence?

• The Hobbit films was directed by Peter Jackson.

• The Hobbit films were directed by Peter Jackson.

• The Hobbit films are directed by Peter Jackson.

• The Hobbit films is directed by Peter Jackson.

Active sentence: Robots made that car. Which is the correct Passive sentence?

• That car is made by robots.

• That car was made by robots.

• That car were made by robots.

• That car are made by robots.