Active vs Passive
Which sentence is in the passive voice?
A) The chef cooked the meal.
B) The meal was cooked by the chef.
C) The chef is cooking the meal.
D) The meal cooks quickly.
B) The meal was cooked by the chef.
What is the passive form of "People can see the mountains from here."
A) The mountains can be seen from here.
B) The mountains can seen from here.
C) The mountains seen from here.
D) The mountains can have seen.
A) The mountains can be seen from here.
Choose the correct causative form:
"I paid someone to cut my hair."
A) I had my hair cut.
B) I cut my hair.
C) I got my hair cutted.
D) I was cut my hair.
A) I had my hair cut.
Which sentence shows a state, not an action?
A) The window is broken.
B) The man is breaking the window.
C) The window was breaking.
D) The man broke the window.
A) The window is broken.
Which of the following is not a passive sentence?
A) The cake was made yesterday.
B) The song is sung beautifully.
C) The chef bakes cakes every day.
D) The door has been closed.
C) The chef bakes cakes every day.
Choose the correct passive form of this sentence:
"They deliver the mail every morning."
A) The mail delivers every morning.
B) The mail is delivered every morning.
C) The mail delivered every morning.
D) The mail was deliver every morning.
B) The mail is delivered every morning.
Choose the correct sentence:
A) The report should be finish by tomorrow.
B) The report should be finished by tomorrow.
C) The report should finished by tomorrow.
D) The report should be finishing by tomorrow.
B) The report should be finished by tomorrow.
What does “She had her car washed” mean?
A) She washed her car.
B) Someone washed her car for her.
C) She will wash her car.
D) Her car needs washing.
B) Someone washed her car for her.
Which sentence uses a stative passive correctly?
A) The door was opened by the wind.
B) The door is open now.
C) The wind opens the door.
D) The door opens by the wind.
B) The door is open now.
Choose the sentence with the correct passive infinitive:
A) The project needs to finish.
B) The project needs to be finished.
C) The project needs finishing.
D) The project need to be finish.
B) The project needs to be finished.
Transform into passive:
"The teacher will check your essay."
A) Your essay will check the teacher.
B) Your essay will be checked by the teacher.
C) The teacher is checked your essay.
D) Your essay is checking by the teacher.
B) Your essay will be checked by the teacher.
Passive form of “They must repair the roof soon.”
A) The roof must repaired soon.
B) The roof repaired soon.
C) The roof must being repaired soon. D) The roof must be repaired soon.
D) The roof must be repaired soon.
Choose the correct sentence:
A) We get our house paint every year.
B) We get our house painted every year.
C) We got our house painting every year.
D) We get our house paints every year.
B) We get our house painted every year.
Identify the stative passive:
A) The cake was eaten.
B) The cake is gone.
C) The cake was being eaten.
D) They ate the cake.
B) The cake is gone.
Correct the error:
"English spoken in many countries."
A) English is spoken in many countries.
B) English speaks in many countries.
C) English are spoken in many countries.
D) English was spoken in many countries.
A) English is spoken in many countries.
Identify the active sentence:
A) The book was written in 1930.
B) The house is being painted.
C) Someone stole my backpack.
D) The car has been washed.
C) Someone stole my backpack.
Which is correct?
A) The rules might be changed next year.
B) The rules might changed next year.
C) The rules might be change next year.
D) The rules might changing next year.
A) The rules might be changed next year.
Which is the passive causative?
A) I was cut my hair.
B) I repaired my phone.
C) I got my phone to repair. D) I had my phone repaired.
D) I had my phone repaired.
Which describes a condition rather than an action?
A) The store is closed today.
B) The manager closed the store.
C) The store closes early.
D) The manager is closing the store.
A) The store is closed today.
Choose the correctly mixed passive:
A) The movie is being filmed in Mexico.
B) The movie was film in Mexico.
C) The movie is film in Mexico.
D) The movie films in Mexico.
A) The movie is being filmed in Mexico.
Choose the sentence that cannot be made passive:
A) They built a stadium.
B) The police arrested the thief.
C) Someone broke the window.
D) She loves chocolate.
D) She loves chocolate.
Complete the sentence:
"The documents __________ (have to / sign) before noon."
A) have to signing
B) have to be signed
C) has to sign
D) have signed
B) have to be signed
Choose the sentence with get + object + past participle:
A) He got his car repaired.
B) He got to repair his car.
C) He has repaired his car.
D) His car repairs itself.
A) He got his car repaired.
Which is not a stative passive?
A) The door is locked.
B) The room is cleaned every day.
C) The vase is broken.
D) The seats are taken.
B) The room is cleaned every day.
Which sentence is the most passive-aggressive (literally and figuratively 😅)?
A) The report will be done when it’s done.
B) I’m finishing it right now!
C) Don’t worry, I’ll do it later.
D) I totally forgot about it.
A) The report will be done when it’s done.