Passive Voice Extravaganza

They sell oysters in the shop next door.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

Active: They sell oysters in the shop next door.

• Passive: Oysters were sold in the shop next door.

• Passive: Oysters are sold in the shop next door.

• Passive: Oysters have been sold in the shop next door.

• Passive: Oysters are being sold in the shop next door.

Active: Shakespeare wrote King Lear.

• Passive: King Lear is written by Shakespeare.

• Passive: King Lear was written by Shakespeare.

• Passive: King Lear written by Shakespeare.

• Passive: King Lear has been written by Shakespeare.

Active: The students have to answer the questions on this test.

Passive: The questions on this test _____________ by the students.

Check all the sentences that are PASSIVE voice.

• Has anybody put the suitcases upstairs?

• Are you putting the suitcases upstairs?

• Are the suitcases being put upstairs?

• Have the suitcases been put upstairs?

• Will you put the suitcases upstairs?

This rubbish should be taken away.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

Active: They'll ask you a lot of questions.

• Passive: You'll be asked a lot of questions.

• Passive: You are asked a lot of questions.

• Passive: You were asked a lot of questions.

• Passive: You ask a lot of questions.

Active: Somebody is going to send her flowers.

Passive: She ___________ flowers.

They will have finished the drawing by next Tuesday.

• Active voice

• Passive voice

Identify the VERB TENSE and the VOICE of this sentence (check TWO boxes):

The drawing will have been finished by next Tuesday

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

• Future Simple

• Future Continuous

• Future Perfect