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    Passive Voice Exercise

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    This document provides a passive voice exercise to test understanding of passive structures. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate passive form of the verb. The answers show the passive constructions, such as "being looked at", "was broken", and "will be changed".

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    This document provides a passive voice exercise to test understanding of passive structures. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate passive form of the verb. The answers show the passive constructions, such as "being looked at", "was broken", and "will be changed".

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    This document provides a passive voice exercise to test understanding of passive structures. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate passive form of the verb. The answers show the passive constructions, such as "being looked at", "was broken", and "will be changed".

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    Passive Voice Exercise

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    James Lopez
    This document provides a passive voice exercise to test understanding of passive structures. It contains 12 sentences with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate passive form of the verb. The answers show the passive constructions, such as "being looked at", "was broken", and "will be changed".

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    Passive Voice Exercise

    Passive verb forms are used to say what happens to people and things. Note all verbs can
    have passive forms. Passive structures are impossible with intransitive verbs because they
    do not have objects. Some transitive verbs are also not used in the passive.

    This grammar exercise tests your understanding of passive structures.

    Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive form.

    1. She likes ....................................

    being looking at
    being looked at
    been looked at

    Being looked is an example of a passive ing form.

    2. The table ....................... up for firewood.

    was broken
    was breaking
    broke

    Was broken is the passive form of broke.

    3. The roof ......................... by the masons.

    is repairing
    is being repaired
    is being repairing

    Is being repaired is the passive form of are repairing.

    4. This bag .......................... of leather.

    Is making
    is made
    made

    Source: www.englishgrammar.org
    Passive Voice Exercise

    Is made is the passive form of make.

    5. The walls ......................................

    are still painting


    are still being painted
    are still being painting

    The walls cannot paint themselves. We need a passive construction here. Are still being
    painted is the passive form of are still painting.

    6. Their house ................................

    has sold
    has been selling
    has been sold

    Has been sold is the passive form of has sold.

    7. The contractor said that the project .............................. by Monday.

    will finish
    would finish
    would be finished

    Would be finished is the passive form of would finish.

    8. These tablets ......................... with food.

    must take
    must be taken
    must be taking

    Must be taken is the passive form of must take.

    Source: www.englishgrammar.org
    Passive Voice Exercise

    9. The parcel ............................... by courier yesterday.

    is sent
    was sent
    was sending

    We need a past tense here because the reference is to the past. Was sent is the passive form
    of sent.

    10. Your life ................................ by this book.

    will change
    will be changing
    will be changed

    Will be changed is the passive form of will change.

    11. This ............................ last week.

    should be done
    should have been done
    should do

    12. I ............................. by his attitude.

    shocked
    was shocking
    was shocked

    Was shocked is the passive form of shocked.

    PLAY AGAIN !

    Answers

    1. She likes being looked at.


    2. The table was broken up for firewood.

    Source: www.englishgrammar.org
    Passive Voice Exercise

    3. The roof was being repaired by the masons.


    4. This bag is made of leather.
    5. The walls are still being painted.
    6. Their house has been sold.
    7. The contractor said that the project would be finished by Monday.
    8. These tablets must be taken with food.
    9. The parcel was sent by courier yesterday.
    10. Your life will be changed by this book.
    11. This should have been done last week.
    12. I was shocked by his attitude.

    Source: www.englishgrammar.org

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