Passive Voice Present and Past
Tom Clancy wrote this book
This book wasn't written by Tom Clancy
When I was 12 years old I used to...
_____________
"The meeting has started early", she said
She said that the meeting had started early.
Someone sells coconuts at the beach
Coconuts are sold at the beach
If the bus (be) _______ delayed, we ________ (be) late.
is , would be
Mom asked, "Where is your brother?"
Mom asked where my brother was.
People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
If she _____ (study), she _____ (not fail) the test.
studies, won't fail
"I will buy a new car next month", he told me.
He told me he would buy a new car the following month.
Brazil grows coffee.
Coffee is grown in Brazil.
I ____________ like tuna when I was a child (negative)
didn't use to
"I can get a job in London now," Tim told me.
Tim told me that he could get a job in London then.
The police didn't find the missing girl last weekend.
The missing girl wasn't found last weekend
I ___________ (work) in a bank, but I changed my career and now I’m an architect.
used to
Martin said, "I went to self-defense training yesterday."
He said he had gone to self-defense training the previuos day.
Some people consider the iPhone to be the best phone ever.
The iPhone is considered to be the best phone ever.
_____ she ________ (feel) better if she ________ (take medicine).
Will she feel/ takes
Rosy:"I am going to visit my uncle's house the next weekend"
Rosy told me she was going to visit her uncle's house the following weekend