Passive Voice (Present & Past)

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.

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice: 

 We bought this car yesterday.

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice: 

W. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet”.

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice: 

We use mobiles every day.

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice: 

Ben repaired my computer yesterday.

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice:

Tim sent an SMS to his friend

Rewrite the sentences into Passive Voice:

They attend lectures every day.

Fill in the sentences with the passive form of the verb given.

1. Milk              every morning.

2. A valuable painting            yesterday.

3. English               here.

4. Yesterday I                 to the party but I went anyway.

5. Beautiful bracelets          in this shop.

6. All the students               to a big party last week.

Choose the correct variant.

1. I            [am helped, was helped] yesterday.

2. Milk           [is buy, is bought] every day.

3. Nick          [is sent, was sent] to the library yesterday.

4. This story               [is published, was published] 2 years ago.

5. The tests              [is written, are written] by students every day.

6. These houses            [was built, were built] three years ago.

Write passive sentences from these words.

1. He/the students' bikes/steal.

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2. Paint/that picture/monkey.

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3. Rome/millions of tourists/visit.

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4. Somebody/the window/break.

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5. We/the newspapers/read.

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6. The fire/the city/destroy.

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Rewrite sentences in the passive.

1. The librarian put the books on the shelves.

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2. People all over the world sell newspapers.

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3. They build great cars in Japan.

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4. Models don't eat cakes.

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5. We did the exercises in class.

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6. Dad fixed my bicycle.

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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.