Present Simple Passive
Change this sentence to passive voice: I drink water every day.
Every day, water _______________ by me.
Every day, water is drunk by me.
Change the sentence to the passive: Bob ate the burger.
The burger_____________ by Bob.
The Burger was eaten by Bob.
Change the sentence to the passive: I broke the window.
The window________________.
The window was broken by me.
The birthday cake __________ by Timmy last night.
A) was ate
B) is eat
C) was eaten
D) were eaten
C) was eaten
True or False: When writing in the passive voice, you must ALWAYS use the Past Participle verb.
True - when using the passive voice, the verb MUST be past participle - it doesn't matter what tense you're using.
Make the following sentence passive: John and Jeff play football on Tuesday nights.
On Tuesday nights, football ________________.
On Tuesday nights, football is played by John and Jeff (by them)
Change the following sentence to passive: Elizabeth didn't attend school yesterday.
Yesterday, school ________________.
Yesterday, school wasn't attended by Elizabeth.
Change the following sentence to passive: The customers buy hundreds of items every day.
Every day, hundreds of items__________________.
Every day, hundreds of items are bought by the customers.
The window ___________ by my brother yesterday.
A) was broken
B) is broken
C) Were Broken
D) are broken
A) was broken
True or False: The structure of the passive voice is: Subject + to be + past participle verb + object/complement.
True. Remember to change your auxiliary verb 'to be' depending on the tense and if the noun is singular or plural (is/are/was/were/etc.).
Change the following sentences to passive: Soldiers carry a lot of heavy items.
A lot of heavy items ________________.
A lot of heavy items are carried by Soldiers.
Change the following sentences to passive: John scared us a lot.
We ________________.
We were scared a lot by John.
Change the following sentence to passive: The Brisbane City Police arrested the dangerous criminal.
The dangerous criminal _______________.
The dangerous criminal was arrested (by the Brisbane City Police).
The park gates _______________ every night by the grounds keeper.
A) is locked
B) are locked
C) were locked
D) was locked.
B) are locked
True or False: When writing in the passive voice, the SUBJECT of the sentence DOES the action.
False - The AGENT (the doer of the action) in the passive voice is either not included because they're unknown or unimportant, OR they are the object of the sentence: Harry Potter was written by JK Rowling.
All of the classes aren't taught by me.
Change the following sentence to passive: Someone stole 15 iPhones from the Apple store last night.
15 iPhones were stolen from the Apple Store last night (by someone).
I sing to John.
John is sung to by me.
500 workers ___________ by this company at the moment.
A) Were employed
B) is employed
C) are employed
D) was employed
Are employed
True or False - The following sentence is correct: The test is done by my students last week.
False: 'last week' tells us the sentence should be a past simple passive - The test was done by my students last week.
Make the following sentence passive: Chef Miranda makes all the desserts in that restaurant.
All the desserts in the restaurant are made by Chef Miranda.
Make the following sentence passive: Leif Erickson, a Viking, discovered North America in the year 1000.
North America was discovered in the year 1000 by Leif Erickson.
Or
North America was discovered by Leif Erickson in the year 1000.
Change the following sentence to Passive: Dangerous drivers cause many traffic accidents.
Many traffic accidents are caused by dangerous drivers.
The beautiful pictures in the museum _______ by many artists.
A) were drawn
B) was drawn
C) were drew
D) was drew
A) were drawn
True or False: the following sentence is correct: The delicious meals at the restaurant in Brisbane are made by the very talented chefs.
True, the sentence is correct. The main noun in the sentence is 'meals', not restaurant, so using are in the passive structure is correct.