Understanding the Passive Voice in English

The video tutorial explains the passive voice in English, highlighting its prevalence in written language and its use in news reports. It compares active and passive voice structures, discusses the function and formation of passive verbs, and provides guidance on conjugating verbs in various tenses. The tutorial includes examples and practice exercises to reinforce learning.

In an active voice sentence, what is the role of the subject?

• It receives the action.

• It performs the action.

• It is the auxiliary verb.

• It is the action.

Which of the following sentences is in the passive voice?

• The children ate the cookies.

• The cookies were eaten by the children.

• The children are eating the cookies.

• The cookies eat the children.

Why might we use the passive voice in English?

• To focus on the performer of the action.

• When the performer of the action is unknown or unimportant.

• To use more verbs.

• To make the sentence shorter.

Which auxiliary verb is used in the passive voice?

• Have

• Can

• Do

• Be

What is the past participle form of the verb 'write'?

• Writes

• Written

• Writing

• Wrote

How is the simple future passive form of 'make' constructed?

• Will making

• Will be made

• Will make

• Will made

Which of the following is a present perfect passive sentence?

• Their car is being repaired by the mechanic.

• The mechanic has repaired their car.

• Their car has been repaired by the mechanic.

• The mechanic repairs their car.

Convert the active sentence 'He waters the garden every morning' to passive.

• The garden watered by him every morning.

• The garden is watered by him every morning.

• The garden waters every morning by him.

• The garden is watering by him every morning.

What is the passive form of 'Amazon will deliver the package tomorrow'?

• The package will delivered by Amazon tomorrow.

• The package will be deliver by Amazon tomorrow.

• The package will be delivered by Amazon tomorrow.

• The package will be delivering by Amazon tomorrow.

Which of the following is a past perfect passive sentence?

• The project had been completed by the time I got to the office.

• The project has been completed by the time I got to the office.

• The project is completed by the time I got to the office.

• The project was completed by the time I got to the office.