Passive Basics
Choose the correct answer.
The classroom ________ every morning.
A. clean
B. cleans
C. is cleaned
D. is cleaning
C
Complete the sentence:
The school uniforms ________ (wash) every Monday.
Answer:
are washed
s this sentence ACTIVE or PASSIVE?
The door is opened every morning.
Passive
Find and correct the mistake:
The classroom are cleaned every afternoon.
❌ are
✅ is
I am used when we want to focus on the person or thing that receives an action.
I usually use to be + V3. Who am I?
Passive Voice
Change the sentence into Passive Voice:
People use smartphones for many different purposes.
Smartphones are used for many different purposes.
The students are preparing the presentation.
Which sentence is the correct Passive Voice?
A. The presentation is prepared by the students.
B. The presentation was prepared by the students.
C. The presentation is being prepared by the students.
D. The presentation has been prepared by the students.
C
Find the receiver/object of the action:
The students are given new books by their teacher.
new books
Find and correct the mistake:
The cake was make by my sister.
❌ make
✅ made
The cake was made by my sister.
Change this sentence into passive voice:
Someone opened the window last night.
The window was opened last night.
Arrange the words into a correct sentence, then turn it into passive voice
every Friday / delicious meals / serve / to the students / by the cafeteria
Delicious meals are served to the students by the cafeteria every Friday.
Change into passive voice:
The workers are repairing the road.
Answer:
The road is being repaired by the workers.
The classroom window was broken yesterday, but nobody knows who did it.
Answer:
1. Is this sentence Active or Passive?
2. What happened to the window?
3. Why isn't the person mentioned?
Answer:
Find and correct the mistake:
The new books has been delivered to the library.
❌ has
✅ have
The new books have been delivered to the library.
Which one is correct?
The students are preparing the presentation.
A. The presentation is prepared by the students.
B. The presentation is being prepared by the students.
C. The presentation has been prepared by the students.
D. The presentation was prepared by the students.
B
Which sentence is the correct passive form?
Many tourists visit Bali every year.
A. Bali is visited by many tourists every year.
B. Bali was visited by many tourists every year.
C. Bali is visiting by many tourists every year.
D. Bali visits by many tourists every year.
A
Change into passive voice:
The students have finished the project.
Answer:
The project has been finished by the students.
Which sentence focuses more on the object/receiver?
A. The chef cooked the dinner.
B. The dinner was cooked by the chef.
B
There are TWO mistakes in the sentence. Find and correct them!
The new classrooms is being build by the workers this month.
The new classrooms are being built by the workers this month.
Mistakes:
PASSIVE OR ACTIVE?
Read the two sentences carefully.
A. The students have completed the project.
B. The project has been completed by the students.
Your challenge:
Change into passive voice. Then decide whether “by the students” is necessary.
The students decorate the classroom before the competition.
Answer:
The classroom is decorated before the competition (by the students).
“By the students” is optional because the main focus is the classroom/action,
Read the clues and complete the sentences using the correct Passive Voice.
1. Yesterday, the school held a surprise event.
2. Today, the teachers are preparing the hall.
3. Tomorrow, the school will display the students’ artwork.
Complete the sentences:
1. Yesterday, a surprise event __________ by the school.
2. Today, the hall __________ by the teachers.
3. Tomorrow, the students’ artwork __________ by the school.
✅ Answer Key
Look at the sentence:
The new computers have been installed in the laboratory.
Answer TWO things:
There are TWO mistakes. Find them!
The competition will be hold next week and the winner will be announce on Friday.
❌ hold → ✅ held
❌ announce → ✅ announced
Correct sentence: The competition will be held next week and the winner will be announced on Friday.
Change BOTH sentences into passive voice:
a. The company will deliver the new computers tomorrow.
b. Someone has broken the classroom window.
a. The new computers will be delivered by the company tomorrow.
b. The classroom window has been broken.