UNIVERSIDAD DEL PACIFICO – SEDE BUENAVENTURA

PRESENT AND PAST PASSIVE VOICE

STUDENT´S NAME: __________________________________________

ACADEMY PROGRAM: ______________________________________

1. Respond the following question using the passive voice.

When were you born?

May 24/1995
What language is spoken in your country?
What food is eaten by you at breakfast?
What places are visited by you frequently?
What activities are done in your family?
The activities that are done in my family are:

2. Identify if the next sentences are in active or passive voice. In case of

being in active voice, change them to passive.

 We made a cake (active /passive)

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 John brings a bike on his shoulder (active /passive)
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 The bag was stolen yesterday (active /passive)
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 We drink wine in special occasions (active /passive)
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  These tools are used to mix the dry ingredients (active /passive)
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 The accident injured the children (active /passive)
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 People in Spain speak english and spanish (active /passive)
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 The girl painted my room yesterday (active /passive)
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 My best friend invited me to a party (active /passive)
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 The students write poems for the professors (active /passive)
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3. Transform these sentences in present or past passive voice

Is/ are + verb in past participle (present passive voice)

Was/were + verb in past participle (past passive voice)

 She cleans the room every day ___the room is cleaned by her
everyday____________________________
 We eat apple pie___________________________________________
 The children created the poem_______________________________
 The carpenter builds the house_______________________________
 The police chased the robber_________________________________
 She sends the book_________________________________________
 Damaris bought the breakfast yesterday_______________________
 We spoke in english last night________________________________
 They paint the school_______________________________________
 I drove the bus in the morning_______________________________
By me:
By you
By him
By her
By it
By us
By them