Passive and Active
Is this sentence Active or Passive?
The dog was fed chicken.
Passive!
There are puddles on the ground. It _______ rained last night.
must have
Our ability to remember things shows if we have a good or bad ________.
Memory
I can't believe you pulled this _______. No one thought you could do it, but you did.
off
Ellen Degeneres is a TV show host _______ was very popular.
who
Is this sentence Active or Passive?
Each morning, the kids help their mother get the chores started.
Active!
What is the formula for PAST tense modals?
_____ + _____ + ________
__modal__ + _have_ + __past participle_
You have pushed me to my _______. I can't go any further.
limit
I can't find one important document, so now I need to go _________ all of my files.
through
Goldeneye was a Bond film _______ was also adapted to be a video game.
that / which
Fill in the blanks in the formula.
To make FUTURE passive voice:
______ + _______ + ________
_will__ + _be_ + _past participle__
Fix the mistake:
She keeps yawning today. She must not sleep well last night.
She must not have slept well last night.
The actor I met last week is going to _______ in a new movie! Now I'll know someone famous!
star
Why are you late this time? And please, don't ________ some crazy story about an earthquake and monster that chased you.
make up
Titanic is a movie that features DiCaprio and Winslet. It came out in 1997.
Titanic, which came out in 1997, is a movie that features DiCaprio and Winslet.
Rewrite this as a passive sentence:
The firefighters who came to work today rescued the hikers who were climbing in the mountains.
The hikers who were climbing in the mountains were rescued by the firefighter who came to work today.
Name the three modals you can use to say "perhaps" something happened
might, may, could
I need to go to the doctor and get an _______ because I think I broke a rib!
X-ray
Hand me the calculator. I need to ________ these numbers.
add up
Write a sentence with a non-defining relative clause:
The director is having trouble finding a good cast. The director is also the writer of the film.
The director, who is also the writer of the film, is having trouble finding a good cast.
Correct the mistake:
Employees were outraged when they discovered that their emails were monitoring by their superiors.
Employees were outraged when they discovered that their emails were being monitored by their superiors.
It's not possible that they knew yesterday, because I had not told anyone before today.
_________________, because I had not told anyone before today.
They couldn't have known yesterday, because I had not told anyone.
The film was so ________ that everyone was crying by the end of it.
moving
It's annoying when ads _________ suddenly on your screen, so I recommend installing an ad-blocker.
pop up
Correct the mistake:
The animated musical film The Lion King that it was released by Disney has been adapted for the stage.
The animated musical film The Lion King, which was released by Disney, has been adapted for the stage.