Thursday, January 30, 2025

Passive Voice


Change the following active sentences into passive

Red - subject / alus
blue - öeldis / verb / tegusõna
green - object / sihitis
purple - modal verb / modaalsõna
orange - auxillary verb / abitegusõna


Present Simple Passive

AM
IS       + III/-ed
ARE

1) Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.  

2) The teacher always answers the students' questions.

3) Thousands of tourists view the Grand Canyon every year. 


Past Simple Passive

WAS
WERE     + III/-ed

4) Harry ate three potatoes at dinner. 

5) I ran the obstacle course in record time. 

6) Tom painted the entire house in 3 days. 

7) The critic wrote a very positive review which surprised the  whole audience. 

Future Simple Passive / Modal Verbs
WILL
CAN
SHOULD     + Be    + III/-ed
MAY
etc.

8)  I will clean the house every Saturday. 

9) From now on all the students must wear a reflector on their winter jackets.  

10) Susan should bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale. 

Present Continuous Passive
AM
IS        + BEING   +   III/-ed
ARE

11) The two kings are signing the treaty.

12) Right now everybody is revising the passive voice. 

Present Perfect Passive
HAVE
HAS     +   BEEN   +   III/-ed

13) John has answered all the questions

14) I have kept all your old letters.

Past Perfect Passive
HAD + BEEN + III/-ed

15) He had kept up his training regimen for a month before he decided to quit. 

16) I had already told him what was needed for the birthday party. 

Past Continuous Passive

WAS
WERE       +   BEING   +   III/-ed

17) She was keeping a seat for you in vain. Why didn't you turn up?

18) We were watching a horror movie when the the power went off. 




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