Passive and Active

They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.

• was being interviewed

• was interviewed

• has been interviewed

• is being interviewed

Tom is writing the letter.

The letter ________________ by Tom.

• was written

• is being written

• has been written

• is written

Everyone understands English.

English ________________ by everyone.

• is understood

• has been understood

• was understood

• is understand

The professor told him not to talk in class.

He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.

• has been told

• was told

• was being told

• is told

The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.

• has been destroyed

• was being destroyed

• is destroyed

• were destroyed

She would reject the offer.

The offer ________________ by her.

• will have been rejected

• would be rejected

• will be rejected

• was rejected

This surprises me.

I ________________ by this.

• would have been surprised

• will be surprised

• am surprised

• was surprised

Change to passive.

I didn’t fix the problem.

• The problem has not been fixed by me.

• The problem was fixed by me.

• The problem wasn' t fixed by me.

• The problem had not been fixed by me.

Change to passive.

John’s mother raised him in a small town.

• John was raised in a small town by his mother.

• John has been raised in a small town by his mother.

• The mother was raised in a small town.

• John was raised by his mother in a small town.

Change to active.

We were being watched by a strange man.

• A strange man was being watched by us.

• We have been watching a strange man.

• A strange man has been watching us.

• A strange man was watching us.