PASSIVE VOICE EXERCISES

Verb Tense Structure Example

PRESENT SIMPLE am/are/is + pp Spanish is spoken here.
PRESENT am/are/is being +
CONTINUOUS Your questions are being answered.
pp
FUTURE (WILL) will be + pp Itll be painted by next week.
am/are/is going to Terry is going to be made redundant next
FUTURE (GOING TO)
be + pp year.
PAST SIMPLE was/were + pp We were invited to the party, but we didnt go.
was/were being + The hotel room was being cleaned when we
PAST CONTINUOUS
pp got back from shopping.
PRESENT PERFECT have/has been + pp The President of America has been shot.
When he got home he found that all of his
PAST PERFECT had been + pp
money had been stolen.
Our baby will have been born before
FUTURE PERFECT will have been + pp
Christmas.

Completa cada frase con su correspondiente participio pasado.

1. The beds in our room havent been . yet.

2. Do you think well be . to the party?
3. La Mansin del Ingls is so successful it will probably be . into
twenty different languages.
4. When our flat was . last month, my laptop computer was
..
5. I went to work early to go to the meeting yesterday and I realised that the date had
been . to the 13th February.
6. A new sports centre is being . in front of our house and its
completely spoiling our view of the sea.
7. When I saw my grandmother yesterday she told me she had been .
in the street on her way to bingo.
8. Cathy cant use her office until next week as its being ..
9. Elton John was . in Pinner, Middlesex, England.
10. I thought the interview went well, but I still wasnt . the job.

Rewrite the sentences in Passive voice. Remember the punctuation.

Peter writes a letter.

Example:
_________________

Peter writes a letter.

Answer:
A letter is written by Peter.
1. They built a house.
..

2. Our uncle takes Susan to hospital.

..

3. We have cleaned the car.

..

4. They speak English.

..

5. The policemen help the children.

..

6. A robber broke the window of the shop.

..

7. My mother sends me to the butcher.

..

8. Peter will look after my little brother.

..

Passive - Statements (more objects)

Rewrite the sentences in Passive voice. Remember the punctuation.

Peter writes a letter.

Example:
_________________

Peter writes a letter.

Answer:
A letter is written by Peter.

1. Mr Jones watches the film.

..

2. Somebody built the house last year.

..

3. They speak English in the shop.

..

4. The waiter brought me a big steak.

..

5. She gave me the box.

..

6. Max will look after him.

..

7. We saw her in Dresden last week.

..

8. No one has ever beaten me at chess.

..

Fill in the correct form of the passive into the gap. Mind the tense written in
brackets.

Example: Peter __________ a letter. (to write - Simple Present)

Answer: A letter is written by Peter.

1. The words by the teacher today. (to explain - Simple Present)

2. We a letter the day before yesterday. (to send - Simple Past)

3. This car . It's too old. (not/to steal - will-future)

4. This street because of snow. (already/to close - Present

Perfect)

5. A new restaurant next week. (to open - will-future)

6. He to the party yesterday. (to invite - Simple Past)

7. The blue box by anyone. (can/not/to open - Simple Present)

8. I the book by my friend today. (to give - Simple Present)

Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive. Match all the items on
the right with the items on the left

They listen to music.

She is reading an e-mail.
These cars are produced in Japan.
Alan teaches Geography.
German is spoken in Austria.
Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake.
Henry Ford invented the assembly line.
The bus driver was hurt.
You should open your workbooks.
Houses have been built.
Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive. Match all the items
on the right with the items on the left

Boys like to play soccer.

This room has been painted blue.
Cricket is played in Australia.
I am given a book.
We have lost our keys.
You might see dolphins here.
The report must be completed by next Friday.
They were singing a song.
A letter was written to her.
The bike is being repaired.

Put the verb in parentheses () into the passive voice. Use past simple passive
only.
Example: Ice cream ____ (eat) in China centuries ago. Answer: Ice
cream was eaten in China centuries ago.

1. The people at the World's Fair (delight) by this delicious

combination.
2. Then, the ice cream (place) inside the cone.
3. First, the waffles (twist) into a cone shape.
4. The waffles (use) as serving dishes for the ice cream.
5. The ice cream vendor talked with the waffle-maker and an agreement
(make).
 6.
This frozen dessert (think) to have been developed by the
Chinese but recent research shows that it was first made in India.
7.
Not enough dishes (bring) by the ice cream vendor.
8.
Ice cream (sell) at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
9.
The ice cream cone (create) many years later, in 1904.
10.
The first public ice cream shop (open) in 1832 by a
former White House cook.
11.
Ice cream (serve) by the President's wife in the White
House in the early 1800s.
12.
Recipes for ice cream (bring) to America by European
immigrants.
13.
By the seventeenth century, cream (use) in the recipes for
a richer dessert.
14.
This recipe (introduce) to Europe by the famous explorer
Marco Polo.
15.
In addition to fruit and ice, milk (use) in this second
recipe.
16.
By the 1200s, a second type of ice cream (discover) in
China.
17.
A recipe for this type of frozen treat (bring) to ancient
Rome.
18.
Fruit and ice (combine) to make a refreshing treat.
19.
This frozen dessert (call) FROGURT.
20.
A type of ice cream (invent) by the Chinese many
centuries ago.

Correct the mistakes in these passive voice sentences.

Example: The house was build in 1880. (correct = The house was built
in 1880.)

1. An idea was putted forward for discussion.

2. My bank loan will be payed off in five years time.

3. A story will made up.

4. The candle was blow out by the draught.

5. The inconvenience will made up for by this money.

6. The old cinema is being pull down.

7. 3000 employees were laying off.

8. She was letted off with a fine.

9. Has the book been give back to you yet?

10. Our allies will be lend support.

11. The road was blocking off.

12. The criminal were locked up.

13. The keys must have been being left behind.

14. Thirty more people were layed off last week.

15. The flood water was be kept back by barriers.

16. The protesters being held back by the police.

17. Nothing can be hold against me.

18. She was being knocked down by a bus.

19. She has never heard of.

20. Your jacket can be hang up over there.

 La voz pasiva

Escribe las siguientes frases en forma pasiva y no olvides comprobar tus

respuestas.

a) We give everything to our child.

Our child
b) They could not feel the humidity.

The humidity ..

c) They say that eating an apple a day is healthy

It . that eating an apple is healthy.
d) They must have told her.
She
e) They left the umbrella inside the car.
the umbrella in the car.
f) They have not told me the story.
The story ..to me.