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WorksheetsPassive Voice Unit 7
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
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 employees brought up this issue during the meeting.
This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
has been brought up
is brought up
was brought up
were brought up
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
They say that women are smarter than men.
Women ________________ to be smarter than men.
were being said
were said
are said
was said
The fire has destroyed the house.
The house ________________ by the fire.
has been destroyed
was being destroyed
is destroyed
were destroyed
She would have told you.
You ________________ by her.
would have been told
would be told
were being told
were told
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.
John was raised in a small town by his mother.
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.
Change to passive. Tokyo will hold the Olympics in 2020.
You can’t change because it is an intransitive verb.
The Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020.
The Olympics shall be held in Tokyo in 2020.
The Olympics are being held in Tokyo in 2020.
Change to passive. They could not have made the mistake.
The mistake have been made by them.
The mistake could not had being made by them.
The mistake could not have being made by them.
The mistake could not have been made by them.
He should not have been asked to pay.
Passive voice
Active voice
It has an intransitive verb.
It has two objects.
Inflation has risen again.
It can’t be passive because it has a transitive verb.
It is a passive voice.
It can’t be passive because it has an intransitive verb.
It can’t be passive because it has two objects.
Change to passive. The man showed us many gifts.
Many gifts were shown to us.
We have been shown many gifts.
Many gifts have been shown to us by the man.
We were with the man who showed us many gifts.
What is an intransitive verb?
A main verb.
A verb that talks about something abstract.
A verb that have many objects.
A verb that cannot have an object.
Which is true?
An active sentence with two objects will often have two passive forms.
An active sentence with two objects can’t have two passive forms.
That passive is found in all the main tenses.
The passive can’t be found in all main tenses.
