Passive Voice
Change into the passive:
Someone stole my bike yesterday.
Answer: My bike was stolen yesterday.
Complete:
Madrid is ______ (big) than Valencia.
Answer: bigger
Complete:
If it rains tomorrow, we ______ (stay) at home.
Answer: will stay
Choose:
The lights were off. They _____ gone out.
a) must have
b) can't have
Answer: must have
Choose:
When I arrived, they _____ dinner.
a) ate
b) were eating
Answer: were eating
Correct the mistake:
The project completed last week.
Answer: The project was completed last week.
Correct:
This exam was more easier than the last one.
Answer: easier
Complete:
If I ______ (know) her number, I would call her.
Answer: knew
Complete the sentence:
Emma looks exhausted. She ______ all night.
a) must have worked
b) can't have worked
c) might have worked
Answer: must have worked
Complete:
I _____ (walk) home when I saw the accident.
Answer: was walking
Make a passive sentence using:
people / speak / English / many countries
Answer: English is spoken in many countries.
Complete:
The sooner we leave, ______ we'll arrive.
Answer: the sooner
Complete:
If they had left earlier, they ______ (not miss) the train.
Answer: wouldn't have missed
Complete:
Sarah was in Paris yesterday, so she ______ attended the meeting in London.
Answer: can't have attended
Complete:
By the time we got there, the film _____ (start).
Answer: had started
Make TWO passive sentences:
The company offered Maria a promotion.
Answers:
Rewrite:
No other student in the class is as hardworking as Marta.
Answer: Marta is the most hardworking student in the class.
Complete:
If I had studied medicine, I ______ (be) a doctor now.
Answer: would be
Look at the evidence:
The roads were wet this morning.
Make a deduction.
Answer: It must have rained.
Tell the story using narrative tenses:
Possible answer: I woke up late. By the time I got ready, I had already missed my bus, so I took a taxi.
Complete:
By the time we arrived, the room ______ (decorate).
Answer: had been decorated
Finish the sentence naturally:
The more money people earn, ...
Possible answer: the more they tend to spend.
Complete:
If I weren't so shy, I ______ (talk) to her yesterday.
Answer: would have talked
You arrive at a house and notice:
Make three deductions using past modals.
Possible answers:
Correct the tense mistake:
When I was opening the door, I realized I lost my keys.
Answer: When I was opening the door, I realized I had lost my keys.