Learn American English

Practicing the Passive Voice

Choose the correct form of the verb "be":
Exercise A - "be" indicates the tense of the verb.
1. She ______ laid off from work last week. (be - past)
2. He ______ paid every other Friday. (be - present)
3. They ______ given a lot of help. (be - past)
4. I ______ born in Mexico City. (be - past)
5. The dogs ______ ______ fed later today. (be - future)
6. You _____ taught how to pronounce some words by your teacher. (be - past)
7. A new school ______ ______ built in our neighborhood. (be - present perfect)
8. The sound of the TV set next door _____ ______ heard through the wall. (be - modal
verb: can)
9. The rent ______ ____ ______ paid by next Wednesday because that's the first of the
month. (be - idiomatic modal verb: have to)
10. She ______ ______ married for fifteen years before she and her husband got a divorce. (
be - past perfect)

Exercise B - Choose the correct past participle. Use the verb provided as the main verb. You
will need to change it to the past participle form.
1. Dinner is usually ________ at 6:00. (serve)
2. The pizza was ________ to the front door. (deliver)
3. They were ________ of the problems their child was having in school. (tell)
4. His father is being ______ to Iraq to fight in the war. (send)
5. The car should be ________ before we drive it. (insure)
6. This car has been ________ over 100,000 miles. (drive)
7. I was ________ last week. (pay)
8. It has to be ________ this week. (do)
9. The cookies need to be ________ with two eggs. (make)
10. The meeting was _______ in Room 130. (hold)