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Chart of Passive Voice

The document discusses active and passive voice in English grammar. It provides examples of sentences in both active and passive voice using different tenses, including simple present, past, future, progressive, perfect, and modal verbs. The examples illustrate how the subject and verb change positions between active and passive constructions.

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Chart of Passive Voice

The document discusses active and passive voice in English grammar. It provides examples of sentences in both active and passive voice using different tenses, including simple present, past, future, progressive, perfect, and modal verbs. The examples illustrate how the subject and verb change positions between active and passive constructions.

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ACTIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE/ PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE
SUBJECT VERB OBJECT/SUBJECT VERB PAST
TO BE PARTICIPLE
SIMPLE THE GIRL CLEANS THE HOUSE
PRESENT
THE HOUSE IS CLEANED BY THE GIRL
SIMPLE PAST THE DID THE PROJECTS
STUDENTS
THE PROJECTS WERE DONE BY THE
STUDENTS
PRESENT THE KID IS WRITING SOME SENTENCES
PROGRESSIVE
SOME ARE BEING WRITTEN BY THE KIDS
SENTENCES
PAST THE WERE A BANANA
PROGRESSIVE MONKEYS HOLDING
A BANANA WAS BEING HELD BY THE
MONKEYS
PRESENT THE HAS GIVEN SOME
PERFECT TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS
SOME HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY TNE
INSTRUCTIONS TEACHER
SIMPLE USA WILL NEW
FUTURE DEVELOP TECNOLOGIES
NEW WILL BE DEVELOPED
TECNOLOGIES
SIMPLE TENSE THE SHOULD THE NEW LAW
WITH GOVERTME APPROVE
MODALS NT
THE NEW LAW SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THE
GOVERTME
NT
GOING TO THE ARE GOING TIME
SOLDIERS TO SAVE
TIME IS GOING BE SAVED
TO
WILL SCIENTISTS WILL HAVE SOME ADVANCES
HAVE+DONE DONE
SOME ADVANCES WILL BEEN DONE BY
HAVE SCIENTISTS
MIGHT+ A METEOR MIGHT THE DINOSAURS
HAVE+ HAVE
P.PARTICIPLE KILLED

THE DINOSAURS MIGHT BEEN KILLED


HAVE
Name:………………………………………Level………………….Date……………………

Choose the best way to form passive voice and find the original sentence in
active voice.
1. Much of this town………………………. (destroy) by fire in the 16th century.
a. (Active)……………………………………………………………………………………………

2. w as destroyed <IMG SRC=http://w Une grande partie


Next year, a new school………………
(build) here to hold about 1,000 students.
b. (Active)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. Today, around 9 o'clock, a famous painting……………………… (steal) from a
museum by an armed gang and the Police are already questioning the museum
employees.
c. (Active)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4. My brother's friend…………………… (bite) by a dog last spring w as bitten

<FONT color=µ00 L'ami de mon frèr


and had to………… (take) to hospital.
d. (Active)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5. A special prize …………………(give) to the person who will have helped us find
the culprit.
f. (Active)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. He……………………. (tell) to work harder if he wanted to keep his job.
g. (Active)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. This work must ……………………….(do) immediately.
h. (Active)------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. English ……………………….(speak) all over the world.
i. (Active)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. She………………………(say) to be living in Spain now.
j. (Active)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. Last year, we wanted to buy this house but unfortunately it
…………………….(already buy) by a young couple.

Go to these links and do the exercises

https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_gaps.htm

https://www.englishlab.net/hp/quiz7_present_simple_continuous_passive_1.ht
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