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Passive Voice intro

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sentences can be active or passive.

a)

True

b)

false

2.

We usually use the active in written and spoken language.

a)

False

b)

True

3.

The difference is that in an active sentence the subject performs the action and in a passive sentence the subject receives the action.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

A passive verb is formed with...

a)

a form of the verb BE + VSF

b)

a form of the verb BE + VPP

c)

is/are + ING

d)

a form of the verb BE + ING

5.

Is it an ACTIVE sentence? Bats eat insects.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Is it a PASSIVE sentence? Insects ARE EATEN by bats.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Make these active present simple sentence passive.


Somebody sends emails.

a)

Emails were send.

b)

Emails are sent.

c)

Emails have been sent.

8.
They were interviewing her for the job. 
She ________________ for the job
a)
was being interviewed
b)
was interviewed
c)
has been interviewed
9.
 Tom is writing an email. 
 The letter ________________ by Tom.
a)
was written
b)
is being written
c)
has been written
10.
Everyone understands English. 
 English ________________ by everyone.
a)
is understood
b)
has been understood
c)
was understood
11.
They say that women are smarter than men. 
Women ________________ to be smarter than men.
a)
were being said
b)
were said
c)
are said
12.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

It said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

b)

Beauty said to be in the eye of the beholder.

c)

It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

13.

Active: "People believe that bats bring luck"

Impersonal Passive: _____________________

a)

It was said that bats bring luck.

b)

It is said that bats bring luck.

c)

Bats believed to bring luck.

14.

A cinema is a place where films ___________________

a)

shown

b)

be shown

c)

are shown

d)

is shown

15.

The house ______________ in 1935.

a)

is built

b)

was built 

c)

was being built

d)

has been built

16.

Alice in Wonderland ____________by Lewis Carroll.

a)

wrote

b)

was written

c)

is being written

d)

will be written

17.
Everyone understands English. 
 English ________________ by everyone.
a)
is understood
b)
has been understood
c)
was understood
18.

My mom cleaned my room this morning.


The passive voice of the sentence above is...

a)

My room is cleaned by my mom this morning

b)

My room were cleaned by my mom this morning

c)

My room was clean by my mom this morning

d)

My room was cleaned by my mom this morning

19.

The school boy ________ in the accident.

a)

seriously injured

b)

seriously was injured

c)

was seriously injured

d)

to be injured seriously

20.

Homework ________ by Jimmy very well every day.

a)

do

b)

is done

c)

does

d)

is did