Form
passive voice: a form of the verb to be + past participle
| active voice | passive voice | |
| simple present | What if Jack hits me. | What if I am hit (by Jack). |
| Jack builds a house. | A house is built (by Jack). | |
| Jack sells houses. | Houses are sold (by Jack). | |
| list irregular verbs |
Exercises
Making passive sentences in the simple present (A house is built)
- exercise 1: write passive sentences
- exercise 2: write passive sentences
- exercise 3: write passive sentences
- exercise 4: write passive sentences
Making active sentences passive in the simple present (He builds a house ⇒ A house is built)
- exercise 1: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 2: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 3: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 4: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 5: gap filling exercise in which you transform an active predicate (simple present) into a passive one
- exercise 6: gap filling exercise in which you transform an active predicate (simple present) into a passive one
- exercise 7: gap filling exercise in which you transform an active predicate (simple present and simple past) into a passive one
- exercise 8: gap filling exercise in which you transform an active predicate (simple present and simple past) into a passive one
Useful pages
- exercises for practising recognizing active and passive voice
- exercises for practising the Simple Past Passive (The house was built.)
- exercises for practising the Continuous Passive (The house is/was being built.)
- exercises for practising the Perfect Passive (The house has/had been built.)
- exercises for practising the Future and Modal Passive (The house will be built. / The house may have been built.)
- exercises for practising the passive in various tenses
- exercises for practising the Personal Passive (She is known to have built a house.)
- exercises for practising the Double Object Passive (She was given a house / A house was given)