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Passive Voice

Explanation and examples

The passive voice is used to emphasize the action or the receiver of the action, rather than the person or thing performing the action. The subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action.

Examples:

  • Active: John wrote the letter.
  • Passive: The letter was written by John.
  • Active: They have been painting the house.
  • Passive: The house has been painted by them.

Formation

The passive voice is formed by using the appropriate form of the verb to be for the tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Example for Present Continuous:

  • Active: They are painting the house.
  • Passive: The house is being painted by them.

Example for Present Perfect:

  • Active: They have painted the house.
  • Passive: The house has been painted by them.

Passive voice in different tenses

TenseExample (Active)Example (Passive)
Present simpleThey make the toysThe toys are made
Present continuousThey are making the toysThe toys are being made
Present perfectThey have made the toysThe toys have been made
Past simpleThey made the toysThe toys were made
Past continuousThey were making the toysThe toys were being made
Past perfectThey had made the toysThe toys had been made
Future simpleThey will make the toysThe toys will be made
Future continuousThey will be making the toysThe toys will be being made
Future perfectThey will have made the toysThe toys will have been made

To identify the passive voice, look for the appropriate form of the verb to be for the tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Negative sentences

To form negative sentences in the passive voice, add not after the appropriate form of the verb to be for the tense.

Examples:

  • The toys are not made (Present simple)
  • The toys are not being made (Present continuous)
  • The toys have not been made (Present perfect)

Questions

To form questions in the passive voice, invert the subject and the appropriate form of the verb to be for the tense, followed by the past participle of the main verb.

Examples:

  • Are the toys made? (Present simple)
  • Are the toys being made? (Present continuous)
  • Have the toys been made? (Present perfect)
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Correct answers

Question 1

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They were repairing the car."

Answers:

To transform the past continuous sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "was being" and the past participle "repaired." The subject becomes "the car," and the verb "to repair" changes to "was being repaired."

Question 2

Choose the correct negative form for the following passive sentence: "The letter was sent."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the past simple tense in the passive voice. To form a negative sentence in the past simple tense, use the auxiliary verb "was" followed by "not" (contracted to "wasn't") and the past participle of the verb.

Question 3

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They will deliver the package tomorrow."

Answers:

To transform the future simple sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "will be" and the past participle "delivered." The subject becomes "the package," and the verb "to deliver" changes to "will be delivered."

Question 4

Choose the correct negative form for the following passive sentence: "The cake is being made."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the present continuous tense in the passive voice. To form a negative sentence in the present continuous tense, use the auxiliary verb "is" followed by "not" (contracted to "isn't") and the present participle of the verb.

Question 5

Choose the correct question form for the following passive sentence: "The cake is being baked."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the present continuous tense passive voice. To form a question in the present continuous passive tense, use the auxiliary verb "is" followed by the subject and the past participle of the verb, along with the auxiliary verb "being."

Question 6

Choose the correct question form for the following passive sentence: "The letter was sent."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the past simple tense passive voice. To form a question in the past simple passive tense, use the auxiliary verb "was" followed by the subject and the past participle of the verb.

Question 7

Choose the correct negative form for the following passive sentence: "The report has been written."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the present perfect tense in the passive voice. To form a negative sentence in the present perfect tense, use the auxiliary verb "has" followed by "not" (contracted to "hasn't") and the past participle of the verb.

Question 8

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They had completed the assignment."

Answers:

To transform the past perfect sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "had been" and the past participle "completed." The subject becomes "the assignment," and the verb "to complete" changes to "had been completed."

Question 9

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They will have built the bridge by next year."

Answers:

To transform the future perfect sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "will have been" and the past participle "built." The subject becomes "the bridge," and the verb "to build" changes to "will have been built."

Question 10

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They make cars in this factory."

Answers:

To transform the present simple sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "are" and the past participle "made." The subject becomes "cars," and the verb "to make" changes to "are made."

Question 11

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They will be cleaning the room."

Answers:

To transform the future continuous sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "will be being" and the past participle "cleaned." The subject becomes "the room," and the verb "to clean" changes to "will be being cleaned."

Question 12

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They have finished the project."

Answers:

To transform the present perfect sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "has been" and the past participle "finished." The subject becomes "the project," and the verb "to finish" changes to "has been finished."

Question 13

Choose the correct question form for the following passive sentence: "The work has been done."

Answers:

The original sentence is in the present perfect tense passive voice. To form a question in the present perfect passive tense, use the auxiliary verb "has" followed by the subject and the past participle of the verb, along with the auxiliary verb "been."

Question 14

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They are painting the house."

Answers:

To transform the present continuous sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "is being" and the past participle "painted." The subject becomes "the house," and the verb "to paint" changes to "is being painted."

Question 15

Choose the passive voice form of the following sentence: "They built this house in 1990."

Answers:

To transform the past simple sentence into passive voice, use the auxiliary verb "was" and the past participle "built." The subject becomes "this house," and the verb "to build" changes to "was built."

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