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Passive Voice

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  • Smoking _______________ on planes.
    is not allowed
    are not allowed
    is not being allowed
    don't allowed
  • A tour guide will take you to the museum.
    You are taken to the museum by a tour guide.
    You will take a tour guide to the museum.
    You were taken to the museum by a tour guide.
    You will be taken to the museum by a guide.
  • We're too late! All the tickets for the concert ______!
    have sold
    have been selled
    are sold
    have been sold
  • Garfield woke up Jon this morning. Jon _____________________ this morning.
    Jon was woken up by Garfield this morning.
  • Is it correct? The messages have been sent yesterday.
    The messages were sent yesterday.
  • Make it passive! The tourists saw a very strange animal at the zoo.
    A very strange animal was seen by the tourists.
  • 15,000 litres of water _______ to produce 1 kilo of beef.
    has been needed
    are needed
    is needed
    is being needed
  • My grandmother made the cake yesterday.
    The cake was made (by my grandmother) yesterday
  • Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein.
    The novel Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley.
  • Mrs Doubtfire has cleaned my house. My house_______
    My house has been cleaned by Mrs Doubtfire.
    My house has cleaned by Mrs Doubtfire.
    My house cleaned Mrs Doubtfire.
    My house is being cleaning by Mrs Doubtfire.
  • Make it passive! The chef will cook dinner for us tonight.
    Dinner will be cooked by the chef tonight.
  • Make it passive! The alien bought a pizza from the supermarket.
    The pizza was bought by the alien.
  • Change it to passive! Nowadays British people drink more coffee than tea.
    Nowadays more coffee is drunk by British people.
  • The world’s first motorways _______________ in Germany in the 1930s.
    were built
    were being built
    are built
    have been built
  • Don’t turn round! I think we _______________ !
    are followed
    are being followed
    have been following
    will be followed
  • The boy killed the spider.
    The spider was killed (by the boy)
  • Describe the picture using a passive sentence.
    The piano is played by a monkey.
  • Santa's wife is decorating the Christmas tree. The Christmas tree ________ Santa's wife.
    was decorated
    is decorated
    has being decorated by
    is being decorated by
  • Describe the picture using the passive!
    The sandwich was stolen (OR is being stolen) by the seagull.
  • Correct it! We were offered the students the chance to work with us during the summer holiday.
    The students were offered the chance......
  • We can't identify the writer of the story.
    The writer of the story couldn't have identified
    The writer of the story can't be identified.
    The writer is the story isn't identified.
    The writer of the story can't identified.
  • They clean the windows every week.
    The windows have been cleaned every week.
    The windows were cleaning every week.
    The windows are cleaned every week.
    The windows are being cleaned every week.
  • Describe the picture using the passive!
    The shark was being ridden by the cowboy.
  • _______ any training before you started working?
    Were you given_____?
    Have you been given _____?
    Are you given____?
    You were being given ____?
  • Active or Passive?
    He has just missed the train
    The train is just missing him
    The train has just missed him
    He has just been missed the train
  • Make it passive! People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.
    40 million hamburgers are eaten every day.
  • This tree is very old. It ___________________ in the 19th century.
    is planted
    planted
    is being planted
    was planted
  • Make it passive! The vampire drank the old man's blood.
    The old man's blood was drunk by the vampire.
  • Pasta ______ from wheat.
    is being made
    was made
    is made
    has been made
  • A: Where is Susan? B: I'm not sure, but maybe she ________ by aliens.
    would kidnapped
    is kidnapped
    should be kidnapped
    has been kidnapped
  • Correct it! The car is Japanese but it produces in the UK.
    The car is Japanese but it is produced in the UK.
  • This photo ___________ by my grandfather when I was five.
    has been taken
    is taken
    was taken
    was being taken
  • Correct it! Does she employed by the airline or the airport?
    Is she employed by the airline or the airport?
  • My finger _____ when I was making dinner.
    was cutted
    was cut
    is cut
    was being cut
  • Correct it! Most chopsticks have been made from wood.
    Most chopsticks are made from wood.
  • We are staying in a hotel because my house _______ at the moment.
    is decorating
    has been decorated
    is being decorated
    was decorated