EXERCISES 1

Rewrite these sentences in the

passive voice

. a. Someone built this house 200 years ago. _________________________________________________________________________________ b. A thief stole my purse. _________________________________________________________________________________ c. The police will arrest the robbers. _________________________________________________________________________________ d. They produce cars in this factory. _________________________________________________________________________________ e. They serve breakfast at eight o’clock every day. _________________________________________________________________________________ f. People throw away tones of rubbish every day. _________________________________________________________________________________ g. They make coffee in Brazil. _________________________________________________________________________________ h. Someone stole Jim’s bike lat night.

Exercises 2

Present Perfect

1. This exercise (write) mar 2. The child (take) to hospital. 3. The novel (translate) into German. 4. Many magazines (publish) lately. 5. All the work (finish). 6. Many new theatres (build) recently. 7. His car (sell) already. 8. My friend (not invite) to the reception. 9. Your question (answer) already. 10. A good job (offer) to me.

Future

1. These letters (sign) tomorrow 2. This bank (paint) next week 3. The lesson (finish) in 5 minutes 4. The shops (close) tomorrow 5. It (do) by Helen 6. A car race (hold) next month 7. His crime (punish) 8. All students (examine) by me 9. His arrival (announce) tomorrow 10. Our order (cancel).

"Active and Passive voice practice questions"

Put the verbs into the correct passive tense

exercises

Simple Present

1. English (teach) in this school. 2. The room (clean) every day. 3. A party (give) every Saturday. 4. This magazine (publish) every month. 5. The letters (deliver) every morning. 6. English (speak) in many countries. 7. These buildings (paint) every year. 8. Smoking (not permit) here. 9. This exhibition (hold) every year. 10. Our compositions (correct) every day

Simple Past

1. This book (write) by a famous artist. 2. The books (return) to the library. 3. A bank (rob) yesterday. 4. The lost dog (find) last night. 5. My house (build) in 1960. 6. She (send) to a school in England. 7. We (invite) to a party yesterday. 8. This road (repair) last year. 9. My car (steal) last week. 10. Hamlet (write) by Shakespeare.

Present Perfect

1. This exercise (write) mar. 2. The child (take) to hospital. 3. The novel (translate) into German. 4. Many magazines (publish) lately. 5. All the work (finish). 6. Many new theatres (build) recently. 7. His car (sell) already. 8. My friend (not invite) to the reception. 9. Your question (answer) already. 10. A good job (offer) to me.

English grammar passive voice exercises

PASSIVE VERB TENSES

	Active voice	PASSIVE VOICE
Present Simple	He delivers the letters.	The letters are delivered.
Past Simple	He delivered the letters.	The letters were delivered.
Future Simple	He will deliver the letters.	The letters will be delivered.
Present Continuous	He is delivering the letters.	The letters are being delivered.
Past Continuous	He was delivering the letters.	The letters were being delivered.
Going to	He is going to deliver the letters.	The letters are going to be delivered.
Present Perfect	He has delivered the letters.	The letters have been delivered.
Past Perfect	He had delivered the letters.	The letters had been delivered.
Infinitive	He has to deliver the letters.	The letters have to be delivered.
Modals	He must deliver the letters.	The letters must be delivered.

"tenses in english"

Formulas to be used while changing the sentence from Active to Passive voice

Simple Present tense

Active voice	Passive voice
He ,she it and singular=1St form+s/es I,we,you,they and plural=1st form of the verb I/s write/v a letter/o.	Is,am,are +3rd formof the verb is used(past participle) He,she,it,singular=is I=am You,we,they,plural=Are

" what is Active voice"

Active voice means the subject of the sentence performs the action.In other words,we can say that the subject of the sentence that performs the action or does something is important to the speaker or writer.
The Active voice is used or indicate that grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by verb.