Passive- full review

Which of these sentences is in the passive voice?

• The chef cooked the meal.

• The meal was cooked by the chef.

• The chef is cooking the meal.

In which situations is the passive voice commonly used?

• A) When the the action is more imprtant than the subject

• B) When the subject is unknown or unimportant

• A & B

• C) When the subject is extremely important

• All: A, B & C

How is a passive sentence generally formed?

Object + form of .......... + past participle of the verb (+ by agent)

Forms of "be"

Present: am/is/are

Past: was/were

Perfect tenses: ..........

Continuous tenses: being

(write the missing word)

The book ___ (write) by J.K. Rowling in 1997. (write the missing words)

Identify the tense of the following passive sentence:

"The cake has been eaten."

• past simple

• present perfect

• present continuous

• past perfect

Change the following passive sentence to an active sentence:

"The homework was completed by the student."

The student... (write the missing words with a full stop)

Change the following active sentence to a passive sentence:

"The company released the new product yesterday."

The new product... (write the missing words with a full stop)

Write the missing words with the correct form of the verb in parentheses:

"The window ___ (break) by the storm last night."

Complete the sentence in the passive voice:

"The movie ___ (watch) by millions of people every year." (write the missing words)