Transforming Active to Passive Voice

1. Neil teaches many students in Porto.

• Many students are taught by Neil in Porto.

• Neil is teaching many students in Porto.

• Neil taught many students in Porto.

• Many students were taught by Neil in Porto.

2. Convert to passive voice: Joana bakes cakes every day.

• Joana bakes every day cakes.

• Cakes are baked by Joana weekly.

• Every day, cakes are baked by Joana.

• Cakes are baked by Joana every day.

3. Change to passive voice: My friend repaired my car.

• My car was repaired by my friend.

• My friend was repaired by my car.

• My car is repaired by my friend.

• My car has been repaired by my friend.

4. What is the passive form of: Many students speak English in my class?

• English is spoken by many students in my class.

• Students in my class speak English often.

• English was spoken by many students in my class.

• Many students are speaking English in my class.

5. Rewrite in passive voice: The police arrested my best friend.

• The police were arrested by my best friend.

• My best friend was arrested by the police.

• My best friend is being arrested by the police.

• My best friend arrested the police.

6. How would you say in passive voice: She finished her homework by eight o'clock?

• Her homework was completed by eight o'clock.

• She had finished her homework by eight o'clock.

• Her homework was done by her by eight o'clock.

• Her homework was finished by her by eight o'clock.

7. Transform to passive voice: Nobody repaired this broken table.

• This table was repaired by nobody.

• Nobody has repaired this table.

• This broken table was not repaired by anybody.

• This broken table was repaired by someone.

8. What is the passive voice of: He answered all the questions?

• All the questions were answered by him.

• He was answering all the questions.

• All the questions answered him.

• He answered the questions all.

9. Change to passive voice: They didn’t tell me the truth.

• The truth was not told to me by them.

• They told me the truth.

• The truth was told to me by them.

• I was not told the truth by them.

10. How is it expressed in passive voice: They smile at the girl as she walks by?

• The girl is smiled at by them as she walks by.

• The girl smiles at them as she walks by.

• They are smiled at by the girl as she walks by.

• They smile at the girl while she is walking by.