LIVERPOOL
Choose the right passive verb forms:
"They are watching a movie right now."
A) A movie was watched right now.
B) A movie is watched right now.
C) A movie is being watched right now.
D) A movie is watching right now
C) A movie is being watched right now.
Choose the right passive verb forms
"The company delivers the packages every day."
D) The packages are delivered every day by the company.
B) The packages were delivered every day.
C) The packages will be delivered every day.
A) The packages are deliver every day by the company
D) The packages are delivered every day by the company.
Which sentence correctly uses the passive with a "by-phrase"?
A) The cake baked by my grandmother yesterday.
B) The cake was baking by my grandmother yesterday.
C) The cake was baked by my grandmother yesterday.
D) The cake was baked my grandmother yesterday.
C) The cake was baked by my grandmother yesterday.
Which of the following sentences is in the correct passive voice?
A) The report is writing by the manager.
B) The report is being written by the manager.
C) The report has been writing by the manager.
D) The manager was written the report.
B) The report is being written by the manager.
2. Fill in the blank:
"They must complete the project by next week."
The project ________ by next week.
The project must be completed by next week.
Find the passive form of this sentence:
“Has he done the work?”
C) Has the work been done by him?
A) Had the work done by him?
B) Has the worked be done?
D) Has the work done by him?
C) Has the work been done by him?
Convert this sentence into passive voice:
The police are protecting the town.
The town is being protected by the Police.
What is the correct structure for a passive sentence in the present perfect tense?
A) Subject + has/have + been + past participle
B) Subject + has/have + past participle
C) Subject + is/are + past participle
D) Subject + has/have + being + past participle
A) Subject + has/have + been + past participle
3. Why is "by + subject" sometimes omitted in passive sentences?
D) It is unnecessary because the subject is already implied.
B) It makes the sentence shorter and easier to read.
A) The agent is irrelevant or unknown.
C) The passive voice is grammatically incorrect without it.
A) The agent is irrelevant or unknown.
Which sentence correctly uses the passive causative structure?
D) The manager had the employees complete the project on time.
C) She got her phone to be fixed by a technician.
B) They had their house painted last summer.
A) He made his friend apologize for the mistake.
B) They had their house painted last summer.
Which sentence correctly transforms into the passive voice by making the indirect object the subject?
C) The company awarded him a scholarship.
A) She handed her friend the keys.
D) They showed us the new design.
B) The professor explained the theory to the students.
C) The company awarded him a scholarship.
4. What syntactic constraints determine whether a direct or indirect object can become the subject in a passive transformation?
B) Only the direct object can become the subject in a passive transformation.
D) The verb must be ditransitive, and the indirect object must be able to exist without a preposition.
A) Passive transformations always favor the indirect object as the subject.
C) There are no syntactic constraints on which object can become the subject in a passive transformation.
D) The verb must be ditransitive, and the indirect object must be able to exist without a preposition.