Passive voice
Present passives
Past Passives
Future Passives
Special Cases
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How is the passive formed in terms of object and agent?
The position of subject and object is interchanged.
100
Which is the tense of the auxiliary you use for the passive voice of the Present Simple?
The auxiliary to be is used in the present, and you use the past participle after that.
100
What do you do to change a sentence in simple past to the passive form?
You use was/were (past of verb to be) + past participle.
100
What do you do to change a sentence in future simple to the passive form?
I use will + be + past participle.
100
Mention 2 special cases when forming a passive:
Passives with modals, be going to, get, gerunds, infinitives.
200
In reference to the verbs, how do you make the passive?
You use the verb to be + the past participle of the verb.
200
How do you form the Present Progressive Tense of an active sentence to a passive sentence.
You use to be in progressive. Is/am/are being.
200
How do you form the Past Progressive Tense of an active sentence to a passive sentence.
We use Was/were being + past participle
200
Is this question correct or incorrect?
I will had been received by my mother.
Incorrect.
200
Give an example of a passive with be going to:
Am I going to be invited for the party?
300
Is the agent necessary when you form a passive?
No, you can leave out the agent.
300
What is the auxiliary form to make a sentence in the Present Perfect to the passive?
You use the auxiliary have + past participle of to be.
300
What is the auxiliary form to make a sentence in the Past Perfect to the passive?
The auxiliary have in the past. Had been + past participle.
300
How do you form the Future Perfect of an active sentence to a passive sentence.
We use will + have + been (past participle of to be) + past participle.
300
How do you form a passive with get? Give an example:
You use a form of get + the past participle of the verb.
The car didn`t get damaged in the accident.
400
How do you express the agent in the passive voice? Give an example.
Using the phrase by + agent.
The tree was climbed by the cat.
400
Is the sentence correct or incorrect? Why?
The work have been completed by him.
Incorrect. You should use the auxiliary conjugated for the 3rd person singular.
400
Is the sentence correct or incorrect? Why?
A song was being sung by her.
Correct. It is in the passive progressive.
400
Is the sentence correct or incorrect? Why?
The book will be written by me.
Correct. We use will be + past participle.
400
How do you form passive infinitives? Give an example of a passive infinitive. Give three examples of verbs followed by passive infinitives:
- Use the verb to be + past participle of the verb.
- The problem of world hunger is not likely to be solved by food companies.
- Ask, expect, hope, manage, refuse, seem, want.
500
Can we always form a passive sentence? If the answer is NO, in which cases you are not able to form them?
No, there are some tenses you cannot transform in passive voice. The tenses are: Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Perfect Continuous, Future Continuous, Sentences that have some intransitive verbs.
500
Change this sentence to the passive:
She is not using her cellphone.
The cellphone is not being used by her.
500
Change this sentence to the passive:
He had finished his homework.
His homework had been finished.
500
Change this sentence to the passive:
We will have sent the money.
The money will have been sent by us.
500
Give at least three verbs that are followed by passive gerunds. Give an example of a sentences with a passive gerund. In which other cases you use the passive gerund.
- Avoid, consider, dislike, enjoy, like, miss, quit, remember.
- The restaurant worried about being closed by the food inspectors.
- Certain verbs + preposition, Certain adjectives + prepositions.