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Active or Passive?

  •   Game Code: 1366990
  •  English    17     Public
    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • They ARE PLAYING football now. 
    Active - Past Continuous
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  • Your salads ARE BEING PREPARED at the moment.
    Passive - Present Continuous
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  • A railway line CONNECTS the village with the town.
    Active - Present Simple
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  • At last night’s ceremony, they GAVE the award to an unknown actress.
    Active - Past Simple
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  • The new staff members WILL HELP you. 
    Active - Future Simple
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  • All the changing rooms ARE BEING USED so I have to wait in a queue.
    Passive - Present Continuous
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  • The Sistine Chapel IS VISITED by millions of tourists every year.
    Passive - Present Simple
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  • Alexander Fleming DISCOVERED penicillin by chance.
    Active - Past Simple
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  • They ARE SHOWING the visitors round the zoo.
    Active - Present Continuous
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