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Passive Voice

This document provides examples of sentences in the passive voice with their tenses. It lists 75 sentences in the passive voice across a variety of tenses including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, simple future, and modal verbs. The sentences illustrate different subjects, verbs, and prepositions used to form sentences in the passive voice according to the rules of English grammar.

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Passive Voice

This document provides examples of sentences in the passive voice with their tenses. It lists 75 sentences in the passive voice across a variety of tenses including the simple present, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, past perfect, simple future, and modal verbs. The sentences illustrate different subjects, verbs, and prepositions used to form sentences in the passive voice according to the rules of English grammar.

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PASSIVE VOICE

TENSES ACTIVE PASSIVE


1. The simple present S + bare - V/ V-s/es S + am/is /are + PP
2. The pre. Continuous S + am/ is/ are + v-ing S+ am/is / are/ + being + PP
3. The present perfect S + have/ has + PP S + have/ has + been + PP
4. The simple past S + V2/ V-ed S + was/ were + PP
5. The past continuous S + was/ were + V- ing S + was/ were + be+ V -ing
6. The past perfect S + have/ has + PP S + have/has + been + PP
7. The simple future S + will/ shall + bare-V S + will/ shall + be + PP
8. The near future S+ am/ is/ are going to+ bareV S+am/is/are going to+be+PP
9. The Modal verbs S + can/could/may...+ bare-V S + can/could/may + be + PP

PASSIVE VOICE
1) A group of students have met their friends at the railway station......................................
2) They didn't allow Tom to take these books home..............................................................
3) The teacher won't correct exercises tomorrow...................................................................
4) How many trees did they cut down to build that fence?.....................................................
5) This well-known library attracts many people....................................................................
6) All students attended the meeting.......................................................................................
7) People say that he is intelligent...........................................................................................
8) He can't repair my bike.......................................................................................................
9) Mary has operated Tom since 10 o'clock............................................................................
10) This is the second time they have written to us about this..................................................
11) Mr. Smith has taught us French for 2 years........................................................................
12) They didn't look after the children properly.......................................................................
13) Nobody swept this street last week.....................................................................................
14) People drink a great deal of tea in England........................................................................
15) People speak English all over the world.............................................................................
16) Tom was writing 2 poems...................................................................................................
17) She often takes her dog for a walk......................................................................................
18) How many lessons are you going to learn next month?.....................................................
19) She didn't introduce me to her mother................................................................................
20) Someone had invented electric lights before I was born....................................................
21) Farmers usually milk cows twice a day..............................................................................
22) He likes people to call him "sir".........................................................................................
23) People know that Japan produces a wide range of cars......................................................
24) Our teacher used to bid us talk in class...............................................................................
25) Don't let other see you........................................................................................................
26) Workers were digging a large hole in the ground...............................................................
27) Before they took exams they had revised their lesson........................................................
28) The car knocked a woman down in the street.....................................................................
29) When he came home his father was reading a newspaper..................................................
30) Cows were eating grass on the meadow.............................................................................
31) My cousin will meet you at the station...............................................................................
32) She is running her own company........................................................................................
33) Visitors must leave umbrellas and raincoats in the cloakroom...........................................
34) My mother used to make us clean the house......................................................................
35) John hasn't finished his home work....................................................................................
36) They suggested banning advertisements on TV.................................................................
37) I will shut the door if you like.............................................................................................
38) We have just seen a horrible accident.................................................................................
39) What language do people speak in this country?................................................................
40) At 7 p.m., Mrs. Smith was making cakes...........................................................................
41) He isn't going to buy that house..........................................................................................
42) When I was 18 years old my parents didn't allow me to go out in the evening..................
43) This terrorist has kept 3 hostages for a week......................................................................
44) He hasn't seen you for years...............................................................................................
45) The examiner will read the passage 3 times.......................................................................
46) An earthquake destroyed the town......................................................................................
47) He didn't type the letter last night.......................................................................................
48) They will pick me up at my house......................................................................................
49) When did you see him in that bank?...................................................................................
50) My father will take me to Ho Chi Minh City next week....................................................
51) A man returned the keys to me...........................................................................................
52) Mary will see her friends off at the station.........................................................................
53) You were wearing your new hat when I met you yesterday...............................................
54) He is preparing everything for the presidential election.....................................................
55) Last Friday when I came to Jane's house she had finished all exercises............................
56) They will have to pull down that building..........................................................................
57) He gave me a knife to cut this bread...................................................................................
58) People usually steal a lot of goods from supermarkets.......................................................
59) Countries are finding a way to solve the problem..............................................................
60) He put the letter in the drawer, then he locked it up...........................................................
61) She can sew 3 shirts a day...................................................................................................
62) By the end of this year we will have learnt 2,000 English words.......................................
63) Don't ask for another book until you finish this one...........................................................
64) We consider that she is the best singer...............................................................................
65) Nobody has used this room for ages...................................................................................
66) Her father was planting different kinds of flowers in the garden.......................................
67) I am translating an article from English into Vietnamese...................................................
68) The Prime Minister is making a speech at the moment......................................................
69) People said he had swallowed a safety pin.........................................................................
70) How many days did she spend finishing the work?............................................................
71) Someone is following us.....................................................................................................
72) She read the letter again and again last night......................................................................
73) The doctor pulled out one of my teeth yesterday morning.................................................
74) The tailor has just made a new suit for me.........................................................................
75) Someone saw him pick up the gun.....................................................................................
76) He has caught a lion and shot 2 others................................................................................
77) He received a letter from home by the evening post..........................................................
78) I put the 5 pound note into one of my books yesterday......................................................
79) After he had told a story, we clapped our hands.................................................................
80) His wife usually brings him sandwiches at lunch time.......................................................
81) They were continually asking questions.............................................................................
82) We have to pick fruit very early in the morning.................................................................
83) How many books do you give me?.....................................................................................
84) He always lost keys.............................................................................................................
85) The light went out while I was making a cup of tea...........................................................
86) When she went to Barcelona she learnt some Spanish.......................................................
87) The State will assign our students to different jobs............................................................
88) The Government launched the blood drive.........................................................................
89) The students of chemistry made many experiments last week...........................................
90) When will you do the work?...............................................................................................
91) My brother has sent me this interesting book.....................................................................
92) She asked her mother to let her go......................................................................................
93) He couldn't find his key......................................................................................................
94) She used to pull my hat over my eyes.................................................................................
95) For the past years, I have done all my washing by hand....................................................
96) A pair of robins have built a nest in the porch since last week...........................................
97) The police haven't found the murderer yet.........................................................................
98) They sold one of her own paintings at $1,000....................................................................
99) I will put your gloves back in your drawer.........................................................................
100)Have you seen Philip lately?.............................................................................................
102)When did you receive my letter?.......................................................................................
103)Mr. Speed is dictating 3 letters to Ann..............................................................................
104)I found the book boring.....................................................................................................
105)Jack felled a tree in the garden yesterday.

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