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Active or Passive?

  • Game Code: 130415
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    Are the sentences in the active or the passive voice?
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  • In this street, letters ARE DELIVERED at 8 every day.
    Passive - Present Simple
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  • The bridge IS BEING REPAIRED so we can’t go that way.
    Passive - Present Continuous
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  • The weather WILL NOT IMPROVE in the next few days.
    Active - Future Simple
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  • The Times HAS NEVER PUBLISHED such a shocking article before.
    Active - Present Perfect
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  • When we arrived at school, the central heating WAS BEING FIXED.
    Passive - Past Continuous
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  • More bike lanes SHOULD BE BUILT in this area.
    Passive - Modal verb
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  • Sally told me that her wedding dress WAS DESIGNED by Vera Wang.
    Passive - Past Simple
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  • Don’t take long, they ARE SERVING lunch in a few minutes.
    Active - Present Continuous
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  • A lot of successful films HAVE BEEN DIRECTED by Steven Spielberg.
    Passive - Present Perfect
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  • My school ORGANIZES a short story competition every year.
    Active - Present Simple
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  • The survivors WERE RESCUED by a cruise ship that happened to be near them.
    Passive - Past Simple
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  • A little dog WAS FOLLOWING her and she stopped to see if it had a name tag on.
    Active - Past Continuous
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  • That door HASN’T BEEN OPENED for ages; that’s why it’s stuck.
    Passive - Present Perfect
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  • They WERE PLAYING nice music when we arrived at the reception.
    Active - Past Continuous
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  • I’m afraid this shirt CANNOT BE WASHED in cold water.
    Passive - Modal verb
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  • Your salads ARE BEING PREPARED at the moment.
    Passive - Present Continuous
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