Passive Voice Review

Why do we use passive voice? (choose all that are correct)

• because we want to emphasize the person/thing that received an action in a sentence

• because we want to emphasize the person/thing who did an action in a sentence

• because we may not know who/what did the action in a sentence

• because it may not be necessary to emphasize who/what did the action in a sentence

Complete the sentence:

A passive verb is formed with ____ + _______.

Complete this sentence: The object of an active sentence becomes the _____ of the passive sentence.

Passive: The ball was thrown.

Active: She threw the ball.

True or False: The meaning of an active voice sentence is different from the meaning of a passive voice sentence.

• True

• False

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using simple present tense:

The children (drive) ______ ________ to school everyday.

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using simple past tense:

I (tell) ______ ________ that I had won some money.

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using present progressive tense:

I'm surprised that the cakes (eat) ______ ________ ________.

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using past progressive tense:

The towels (wash) ______ ________ ________ because we had used them.

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using present perfect tense:

The story (print) ______ ________ _______ in the New York Times.

Complete the sentence with a passive verb using future tense:

The food (make) ______ ________ _______ by hand.