Passive Voice (Present & Past)

........ is a branch of science that studies plants and their structure

The general word for the science studying animals, plants and people is.....

How can we make Present Simple Passive?

How can we make Past Simple Passive?

Fill in by or with.

1. My red dress was designed      [by, with]Irina Schrotter.

2. Who was America discovered      [by, with]?

3. This sponge cake is filled      [by, with]raspberry whipped cream.

4. Do you like basmati rice flavoured      [by, with]saffron?

5. Who was the thermometer invented      [by, with]?

6. Mona Lisa is a painting made      [by, with]Leonardo da Vinci.

Choose the correct form, active or passive, to complete the sentences.

1. Three men               [were arrested, arrested] after the incident, and five others            [took, were taken] to hospital.

2. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface            [cover, is covered]by water, and oceans          [hold, are held] about 96% of all Earth's water.

3. The package          [sent, was sent] more than a week ago, but it                [wasn't arrived, didn't arrive] until yesterday.

4. My camera             [stole, was stolen ]and I          [lost , was lost]all the photographs from my last trip.

5. I                [don't allow, am not allowed]to see you any more, so you                [should be come, shouldn't come]again.

6. The building                [destroyed, was destroyed]by the fire last Monday, but the firefighters              [rescued, were rescued]everybody.

Choose the sentences only in the Passive Voice.

Fill in the correct form of the verb:

1. The key           (find) under the table yesterday.

2. Lessons              (attend) by the students every day.

3. This building              (design) last year.

4. The mobile         (use) every day.

5. The cat         (feed) by my mum two hours ago.

6. Roses         (cut) every day.

Present Simple Passive or Past Simple Passive?

Tea is drunk not only in China.

Present Simple Passive or Past Simple Passive?

This pen was given to me as a gift

The boys … by the teacher last lesson.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ............ by J K Rowling.

Many books ......... by children in the library.

When I have read this article I .... by the fact.

Peter Pan ... by Scottish novelist and playwright J.M.Barrie.

The plants ______ (water) every day.

These cars ____ (make) in France.

His car ...last year.

English ...in many countries.

Read the following piece of news. Choose the correct variant.

Doctor George Tiller, 67, was at the morning services this Sunday when he          [shot, was shot], police said. The gunman           [fired, was fired]one shot at Tiller and                [threatened, was threatened] two other people who tried to stop him. The suspect           [took, was taken] into the custody in a Kansas City suburb 3 hours after the shooting. Outside Tiller's clinic, flowers             [placed, were placed] along a fence, and Kansas Coalition for Life          [left, was left] a sing saying members             [prayed, were prayed] for his change of heart, not his murder. A man yelled that Tiller, hands              [covered, were covered] with blood.