PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH

PASSIVE VOICE
TENSES
Simple Present
Present continuous
Simple Past
Past continuous
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Simple Future
Modal verbs

ACTIVE
S + V1-s/es
S + am / is / are + V-ing
S + V-ed /VPI
S + was / were + V-ing
S + have / has + PP
S + had + PP
S + will + V(bare infinitive)
can
may
must
S + have to + V(bare infinitive)
should
be going to

PASSIVE
S + am / is / are + PP
S + am / is / are + being + PP
S + was / were + PP
S + was / were + being + PP

S + have / has + been + PP
S + had + been + PP
S + will + be + PP
can
may
must
S + have to + be + PP
should
be going to

Exercise 2:Passive voice: The simple present tense
1. People don’t use this road very often.  This road......................................................................
2. I wash the dishes in the evening.  The dishes...........................................................................
3. Daisy always sings country songs.  Country songs..................................................................
4. Nam and Peter often water these trees.These trees...................................................................
5. Do pupils clean the room every day?  Is...................................................................................
1) People play soccer all over the world . Soccer………………………………………….…..…
2) Nam buys a new shirt A new shirt………………………………………………………………
3) I visit Dam Sen park with my family
4) Mai’s aunt eats cucumbers for dinner

Dam Sen………………………………………………
Cucumbers……………………………………………

5) Mr Minh builds this house for Mr Jonh

This house…………………………………………

6) They mix the glass with certain specific chemicals The glass…………………………………
7) Nam speaks English very well English……………………….…………………………………

8) Somebody cleans the room in the morningThe room……………………………………………
9) Mr Tan teaches French in a school

French……………………………………………………

10) The milkman brings bottles of milk to houses

Bottles of milk………………………………

11)People use milk for making butter and cheese_________________________________________
12) My sister often washes my clothes._________________________________________________
13) Everyone believes him right._________________________________________________
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14) She needs English for her work._________________________________________________
15) The workers clean the street every
day_________________________________________________
Exercise 3:Passive voice: The Past simple tense
1. The waiters cleaned the rooms last night.  The rooms..............................................................
2. They caught the elephant again.  The elephant.........................................................................
3. They built the house in 1950.  The house.................................................................................
4. The pupils sent the letters the day before yesterday.  The letters..............................................
5. Nguyen Du wrote Kieu story.  Kieu story................................................................................
6. They made this car in Japan.
_________________________________________________
7. She decided to paint her house blue.
_________________________________________________
8. People invented color TV in 1950
_________________________________________________

9. My father took me to Ho Chi Minh City last week.
_________________________________________________
10. They bought many souvenirs in Nha Trang.
_________________________________________________
11. She read the letter many times last night.
_________________________________________________
12. Hoa met Tim at the market yesterday.
_________________________________________________
13. She didn’t introduce me to her mother.
_________________________________________________
14. My father planted this tree.
_________________________________________________
15. Thu helped him do his homework.
_________________________________________________
Exercise 4:Passive voice: The future simple tense
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They will ask you a lot of question at the interview.  You..........................................................
Tom will visit his parents next month.  His parents....................................................................
The State will assign our students to different jobs.  Our students.............................................
When will you do the work?  When...........................................................................................
He won’t tell me the truth about the situation.  The truth about the situation.............................
People will use cloth bags in the future.______________________________________
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My cousin will meet you at the station.______________________________________
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They will hold the meeting before May Day. __________________________________
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Will you invite her to your wedding party?___________________________________
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Nam will buy a new shirt _________________________________________________
Exercise 5:Passive voice: The present continuous tense
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My friends are eating an orange.  An orange..............................................................................
They are watching the film.  The film........................................................................................
We are doing the exercises.  The exercise..................................................................................
She is cutting the paper right now.  The paper............................................................................
They are singing the songs in the room.  The songs...................................................................

Exercise 6:Passive voice: The past continuous tense
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He was painting the house when I came.  The house.................................................................

The teacher was reading the book when we came.  The book....................................................
Mary’s mother was washing the clothes.  The clothes................................................................
Her friends were drinking coffee at the cafe.  Coffee.................................................................
He was boiling the eggs when I saw him.  The eggs..................................................................

Exercise 7:Passive voice: The present perfect tense
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They have cancelled the meeting.  The meeting........................................................................
Someone has given him a lot of money.  He..............................................................................
We have invited all the students in the school.  All the students................................................
Our teachers have explained the English grammar.  The English grammar..............................
Have you finished the above sentences?  Have above sentences...............................................

Exercise 8:Passive voice: The past perfect tense
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She had mended the bicycle.  The bicycle...................................................................................
He hadn’t eaten the cakes.  The cakes.........................................................................................
My friend had bought the house before 1990.  The house...........................................................
Had he asked some questions?  Had some question...................................................................
The school boys had wasted a lot of time.  A lot of time.............................................................

Exercise 9:Passive voice: Modal verb
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Parents should give children a lot of love.  children.....................................................................
You must wash your hands.  Your hands......................................................................................
He can speak four languages.  Four languages.............................................................................
Children should treat old men with respect.  Old men.................................................................
My classmates used to call me John.  I ........................................................................................

6. We might find life on another planet. ____________________________________
7. We have to improve all the schools in the city. _____________________________
8. You must do This exercise carefully._____________________________________
9. We can solve the problem. ____________________________________________
10. People should stop experiments on animals. ______________________________
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Exercise 10:Passive voice: Mixed types Rewrite the following sentence using passive voice.
1. My father waters this flower every morning. ............................................................................
2. A stone broke the window. ........................................................................................................
3. The servants didn’t do the work. ...............................................................................................
4. The army will complete that project next year. .........................................................................
5. They won’t punish him. ............................................................................................................
6. People don’t use this road very often. .......................................................................................
7. The keepers were feeding the lions. ..........................................................................................

8. They have taken her to the hospital. ..........................................................................................
9. They had fastened his whole body to the ground. .....................................................................
10. The school boys had wasted a lot of time. .................................................................................
11. The police arrested two hundred people. ...................................................................................
12. They have cancelled the meeting. .............................................................................................
13. We have invited all the students in the school. ..........................................................................
14. They will hold a meeting before May Day. ...............................................................................
15. The teacher is going to tell a story. ............................................................................................
1. They grow rice in tropical countries.→ ____________________________________________
2. Mr. Green loves his children very much.→__________________________________________
3. People don’t speak French here.→ ________________________________________________
4. Someone broke his windows last night.→ __________________________________________
5. The police didn’t find the lost boy yesterday.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
6. About thirty million people are watching this live show now.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
7. They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
8. Jack has typed the article recently.→ _________________________________________
9. The police haven’t found the murderer yet.
→ _______________________________________________________________________
10. They were carrying the injured player off the field at that time.
→ ______________________________________________________________________

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