WorksheetsGRAMMAR UNIT 6 - DOUBLE CLICK 4
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
We form the passive voice with the verb to be in the appropriate tense and the present participle of the main verb.
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Only intransitive verbs can be used in the passive.
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False
We can use the verb to get instead of the verb to be in everyday speech when we talk about things that happen by accident or unexpectedly.
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Passive modals in the past are used to give opinions about events and situations that happened in the past.
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Use a passive tense here:
The money _______________________ to the poor.
could has been given
could have being given
could have been given
could be having given
Use the passive voice here:
The package _______________ a week ago.
should have sent
should have been sent
should have being sent
should be sent
I go to the church every day.
Where's the passive voice here?
The church is gone to me every day.
Every day the church is gone.
The church is gone by me every day.
None is correct.
She's rushing home to see his smiling face.
Which one is the passive tense?
Home is being rushed to see his smiling face.
His smiling face is rushed by her to see.
Rushing his smiling face is seen by her.
None is correct.
When the person or people who do the action are known, important or obvious from the context we use the passive voice.
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We can use the reduced passive voice in newspapers.
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False
Changing to passive:
The subject of the active sentence becomes the agent, and is either introduced with the preposition by or is omitted.
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What preposition is used in the passive tense to say what the agent used to perform the action?
With
By
For
In
The agent is omitted when we talk about an important person or when this is essential to the meaning.
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With verbs which can take two objects, we can form two different passive sentences.
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Jermaine told Angela the truth.
Identify the passive voice:
Angela was told the truth by Jermaine.
The truth has been told to Angela by Jermaine.
Angela was being told the truth by Jermaine.
The truth was told to Angela by Jermaine.
Which of the following verbs can take two objects?
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Last week, Martha helped an old maid to cross the street.
Passive voice:
Last week, an old maid was helped to cross the street by Martha.
Last week, Martha was helped to cross the street by an old maid.
Last week, Martha helped to cross the street an old maid.
None is correct.
Julissa's parents always hear her say "thank you" when necessary.
Passive voice:
Julissa is heard to say "thank you" when necessary by her parents.
Julissa is always heard to say "thank you" when necessary by her parents.
Julissa is always to say "thank you" when necessary.
Julissa is always heard to say "thank you" when necessary by their parents.
__________ becomes be allowed to in the passive.
Can
May
Could
Let
Have they solved your problem?
Passive voice:
Has your problem been solved?
Have your problem been solved by them?
Have been solved your problem?
Has solved been your problem?
A: ________ was the song recorded _________ ?
B: Dua Lipa
Where...by
Who...by
What...by
How...by
A: _________ was the fire caused by?
B: A thunderstorm.
What
Where
That
How
Active:
Every month factories produce many products.
Passive:
_____________________________.
Every month many products are being produced by factories.
Every month many products are produced by factories.
Every month many products were produced by factories.
Every month many products have been produced by factories.
Active:
Police officers asked Marie a couple of questions.
Passive:
_________________________________.
Marie was asked a couple of question by the police officers.
A couple of question was being asked by the police officers.
Police offers were asked a couple of questions by Marie.
A couple of questions were asked to Marie by the police officers.
In the future, even more time and money _____________ on political campaigns.
are being spent
have been spent
will be spent
are spent
Active:
The NASA had already launched the rocket when the FBI called up.
Passive:
_______________________________________.
The rocket had already been launched by the NASA when the FBI called up.
The rocket had been launched by the NASA when the FBI called up already.
The rocket has already been launched by the NASA when the FBI called up.
The rocket was already been launched by the NASA when the FBI called up.
Active:
Her comments were affecting my credibility.
Passive:
___________________________________.
My credibility was being affected by her comments.
My credibility was affected by her comments.
My credibility had been affected by her comments.
My credibility must have been affected by her comments.
Active:
Caroline is learning German in a Swiss academy.
Passive:
______________________________.
German is learned by Caroline in a Swiss academy.
German will be learned by Caroline in a Swiss academy.
German had been learned by Caroline in a Swiss academy.
German is being learned by Caroline in a Swiss academy.
Active:
The puppy wants its owner to love it.
Passive:
__________________________________.
The puppy wanted to be loved by its owner.
The puppy is wanting love for its owner.
The puppy wants to be loved by its owner.
The puppy wants being loved by its owner.
Active:
I hate someone telling me what to do.
Passive:
__________________________________.
I hate to be telling me what to do.
I hate being told what to do.
I hate to be told what to do.
I hate someone told me what to do.
Relative clauses are introduced with either a relative pronoun or a relative adverb.
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False
Which of the following are relative adverbs?
Which
Where
Who
Whose
We use relative clauses to give additional information about something without starting another sentence.
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False
Tom, __________ girlfriend is a model, is standing over there.
that
who
whose
which
Christmas is the time _________ people give gifts in my country.
were
when
who
why
My company has a cafe ____________ I use at lunchtime.
where
who
which
when
Last year I visited the city ________ Moctezuma's treasure is said to be buried.
where
in which
that...in
All are correct
Last Monday was the day _______ I found a $100 bill on the street.
on which
when
where
why
Active:
People think that he's living on his own.
Passive:
____________________________.
People are thought to have been living on his own.
It is thought that he's living on his own.
People think that he's being lived on his own.
He is thought to be living on his own.
Active:
We expect the train strike will begin tomorrow.
Passive:
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It is expected that the train strike will begin tomorrow.
The train strike is expected to begin tomorrow.
There is an expectation that the train strike will begin tomorrow.
All the options are correct.
