Passive Voice Basics
What is the structure of a passive voice sentence?
Answer: What is "Object + /is/are + past participle (Verb p.p.)
Convert to passive: "People play a lot of football."
Answer: "A lot of football is played"
What is the passive form of "She writes a letter" in the present simple?
Answer: "A letter is written by her"?
What is the past participle of "bring"?
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Answer: What is "brought"
Who said, “The ignorant man does not understand the learned, for he has never been learned himself.”
Answer: Who is Imam Ali
In the sentence "The book is written by the author," what is the verb?
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Answer: What is "is written"
Convert to passive: "People drink a lot of tea."
Answer: "A lot of tea is drunk"
What is the passive form of "He sent an email" in the past simple?
Answer: "An email was sent by him"?
What is the past participle of "sell"?
Answer: What is "sold"?
What is the passive form of "People respect great thinkers"?
Answer: "Great thinkers are respected"?
What is the past participle of "write"?
Answer: What is "written"
Convert to passive: "Countries export gold from Iraq."
Answer: What is "Gold is exported from Iraq"
What is the passive form of "They wash the clothes"?
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nswer: "The clothes are washed"
What is the passive form of "They take pictures at the museum"?
Answer: What is "Pictures are taken at the museum"?
What is the passive form of "They built the pyramids in Egypt"?
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Answer: What is "The pyramids were built in Egypt"
What is the passive form of "People send letters"?
Answer: "Letters are sent"?
Convert to passive: "People eat Baklava during Ramadan."
Answer: "Baklava is eaten during Ramadan"
What is the passive form of "She made a cake" in the past simple?
Answer: "A cake was made by her"
What is the difference between active and passive voice?
Answer: What is "Active voice focuses on the subject performing the action, while passive voice focuses on the object receiving the action"
What is the passive form of "The company will announce the new product"?
Answer: What is "The new product will be announced by the company"
In the sentence "The newspaper was printed," what tense is used?
Answer: What is the past simple passive?
Convert to passive: "Iraqis grow a lot of dates."
Answer: "A lot of dates are grown by Iraqis"
What is the passive form of "They print newspapers every day"?
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Answer: "Newspapers are printed every day"
Change the sentence to passive: "The teacher explained the lesson."
Answer: What is "The lesson was explained by the teacher"
What is a common reason for using the passive voice?
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Answer: What is "To emphasize the action or object instead of the subject"