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Passive Voice

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Passive Voice

Grammar Reference

Form Example
Formbe (tense) + past participleis made / was sent / has been repaired
Usefocus on result, not the doerMy wallet was stolen.
by + agentonly when it adds useful infowritten by Shakespeare
Tensespresent · past · perfect · futureis/was/has been/will be + PP

Passive Voice — Exercises

Rewrite in the passive

Change each active sentence to passive. Include the agent if it adds useful information.

  1. Scientists study the effects of deforestation every year.
  2. The school published the new curriculum last month.
  3. Developers are launching a new social media platform.
  4. The team has just won the championship.

Complete with the correct passive form

Use the verb in brackets in the correct passive tense.

  1. The assignment (hand in) before the deadline every term.
  2. A rare endangered species (discover) in the wildlife reserve last year.
  3. New apps (develop) all the time to help people reduce their carbon footprint.
  4. The championship trophy (already / award) to the winning team.
  5. Solar panels (install) on the school roof at the moment.
  6. The curriculum (not / revise) since 2018.
  7. All passengers (ask) to show their boarding passes now.
  8. The match (postpone) last week due to bad weather.

Correct the mistakes

  1. The report was wrote by a team of scientists.
  2. New technology is develop in universities around the world.
  3. The scholarship was give to the most talented student.
  4. The results have been announced by someone.

Exercise 4 — Production

  1. Write a passive voice sentence about something in a school, office, or city.

Passive Voice — Answer Key

Rewrite in the passive

  1. Sample answer: The effects of deforestation are studied by scientists every year.
  2. Sample answer: The new curriculum was published by the school last month.
  3. Sample answer: A new social media platform is being launched by developers.
  4. Sample answer: The championship has just been won by the team.

Complete with the correct passive form

  1. is handed in
  2. was discovered
  3. are being developed
  4. has already been awarded
  5. are being installed
  6. has not been revised
  7. are being asked
  8. was postponed

Correct the mistakes

  1. was written
  2. is developed
  3. was given
  4. The results have been announced.

Exercise 4 — Production

  1. Open answer — graded automatically online; no single fixed model answer.