ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

They translated some old documents last week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Some old documents are translated by them last week.

• Some old documents have been translated by them last week.

• Some old documents were being translated by them last week.

• Some old documents were translated by them last week.

• Some old documents been translated by them last week.

The important email has been sent by my secretary. What is the active form of this sentence?

• My secretary was sending the important email

• My secretary sends the important email

• My secretary is sending the important email

• My secretary has been sending the important email

• My secretary has sent the important email

We’ll be visiting our grandmother next week. What is the passive form of this sentence?

• Our grandmother will be being visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother will be visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother would be visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother would be being visited by us next week.

• Our grandmother would have been visited by us next week.

We can see many beautiful paintings in this exhibition. They were ……. by famous Indonesian painter.

• Painting

• Painted

• Paint

• Be Painting

• Being painting

Two tents for our camping would …….. by my mother.

• Being bought

• Been bought

• Be bought

• Bought

• Been buying

They cancelled all flights because of fog. The passive form of the sentence is, because of fog….

• All flights had cancelled

• All flights were cancelled

• All flights have been cancelled

• They be cancelled

• They are being cancelled

A well known architect is designing our new office. The passive form of the above sentence is, Our new office …… by a well known architect.

• Design

• Designed

• Be designing

• Is designed

• Is being designed

Jupiters four moons ……. through a telescope by Galileo.

• Were first viewed

• First viewed

• Had been first viewed

• Were being first viewed

• First being viewed

"The hotel is suffering a great loss."

"Yes, only ten perfect of their rooms ......

• being occupied

• occupied

• is occupied

• are occupied

• they are occupied

They had just been living in that house for two years when ..... by fire.

• destroyed

• had destroyed

• was destroyed

• be destroyed

• was destroying