Passive Tense
Change to passive: “The chef cooks the meal.”
The meal is cooked by the chef.
“The movie was watched by millions.”
Passive
Rewrite this sentence to emphasize the time: “We met last summer.”
It was last summer that we met.
Add emphasis: “I like your idea.”
I do like your idea!
Identify: “It was the teacher who gave me this book.”
Clef sentence
Change to passive: “They will build a new bridge.”
A new bridge will be built.
“They are cleaning the classroom.”
Active
“It was in Paris that we first met.” What’s emphasized?
The place
Add emphasis: “She said she would call.”
She did say she would call.
Identify: “The house was painted last year.”
Passive voice
What tense is this? “The report has been written.”
Present perfect passive.
“A new system is being developed.”
Passive
Turn into a cleft: “Tom borrowed my bike.”
It was Tom who borrowed my bike.
Make it emphatic: “I enjoy learning grammar.”
I do enjoy learning grammar
Decide which structure this is and explain why: It was the song that was played at every party.
Cleft + Passive — focuses on “the song” and uses a passive verb (“was played”)
Make it passive (two verbs): “They should have delivered the parcel yesterday.”
The parcel should have been delivered yesterday.
Identify the mistake: “The homework is do by the students.”
"The homework is done by the students.”
Make a past perfect cleft: “I had called Maria yesterday.”
It was Maria whom I had called yesterday.
Combine: Use passive + cleft: “Maria wrote the report.”
It was the report that was written by Maria.
Turn this sentence into a cleft with emphasis using “do”: “You remember what happened.”
You do remember what happened.
Transform both verbs into the passive: “People say they built the castle in 1450.”
It is said that the castle was built in 1450.
Choose the correct option → “By the time we arrived, the cake ___ (had eaten / had been eaten).”
had been eaten (passive past perfect)
Transform this sentence using a wh-cleft: “I need a vacation.”
What I need is a vacation.
Two friends don’t believe you studied. Emphasize your answer using an auxiliary verb. “You didn’t study at all!”
I did study!
Identify all the grammar structures used in this sentence: “It was the concert that was cancelled, but they did refund our tickets.”
Cleft sentence (It was the concert that...),
Passive voice (was cancelled),
Emphatic auxiliary (did refund).