The Passive

The person or thing performing the action in a sentence is ...

• Subject

• Object

If you want to include the subject (=doer) at the end of your passive sentence, you need the preposition ...

Which subject needs to be added into the passive sentence?

• Someone

• People

• Jane

• All of them

She has just found her cat in the garden. Which passive sentence is correct?

• Her cat has just found by her in the garden.

•  Her cat has just been found by her in the garden.

•  Her cat was just found by her in the garden.

• Her cat have just been found by her in the garden.

Somebody accused me of stealing the money. Which passive sentence is correct?

• I am accused of stealing the money.

• I were accused of stealing the money.

• I will be accused of stealing the money.

• I was accused of stealing the money.

Complete the sentence: English (speak) all over the world.

Complete the sentence: I can't use my computer at the moment. It (repair).

Complete the sentence: Next week the sports centre (close) for three days.

Complete the sentence: We put our house up for sale last month, but it (not sell) yet.

Complete the question: This book looks old. When (it / write)?