Passive Voice Basics (Simple Present)
Change to passive voice: "They clean the house every day."
The house is cleaned every day.
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Change to passive voice: "They built the bridge last year."
The bridge was built by them last year.
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Is this sentence active or passive?
"The letters are sent every morning."
Passive.
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Change to passive: "People watch TV every evening."
TV is watched every evening.
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"The floors ________ (clean) every day." (simple present passive)
are cleaned
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Change to passive voice: "She writes the reports."
The reports are written by her.
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Change to passive voice: "She fixed the computer yesterday."
The computer was fixed by her yesterday.
Is this sentence active or passive?
"The manager approved the budget."
Active.
Change to passive: "Someone cleaned the room yesterday."
The room was cleaned yesterday.
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"The window ________ (break) last night." (simple past passive)
was broken
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Make this passive: "The chef prepares the meals."
The meals are prepared by the chef.
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Make this passive: "The teacher explained the lesson."
The lesson was explained by the teacher.
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Identify the tense and voice:
"The reports were written by the team."
Simple past, passive.
Change to passive: "The chef does not prepare the food."
The food is not prepared by the chef.
"The letters ________ (send) by the secretary." (simple present passive)
are sent
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Form a question in passive voice: "Do they deliver the packages on time?"
Are the packages delivered on time?
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Form a negative passive sentence: "They did not finish the project."
The project was not finished by them.
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Identify errors in this sentence (passive, simple present):
"The emails is sent daily."
Should be "The emails are sent daily."
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Change to passive: "Did they repair the car last week?"
Was the car repaired last week?
"The documents ________ (not sign) yesterday." (simple past passive negative)
were not signed
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Correct this sentence in passive voice: "The company not pay the workers on Fridays."
The workers are not paid on Fridays by the company.
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Make a passive voice question: "Did they invite the guests?"
Were the guests invited by them?
Identify the voice and correct the sentence if wrong:
"The homework are completed by the students."
Should be "The homework is completed by the students." (Passive, simple present)
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Change to passive: "She doesn’t deliver the mail on Sundays."
The mail is not delivered on Sundays by her.
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"The invitations ________ (not deliver) on time." (simple present passive negative)
are not delivered