Present Past Future

I am asked every day I was asked yesterday I will be asked

tomorrow
Simple

The package is The package was delivered

delivered every two days ago The package will be
Sunday delivered in 5 days
I am being asked at I was being asked from 4 to 8
Continuous

the moment yesterday

The package is being The package was being

delivered now delivered at 7 pm yesterday
I have already been I had been asked by 6 o’clock
asked yesterday
Perfect

The package has just The package had already been

been delivered delivered when he called me

Exercise 1. Put in order.

1. opened, has, the door, been.
2. walking, on, is, prohibited, grass, the.
3. the, were, flowers, this, watered, morning.
4. car, not, is, yet, your, repaired.
5. my, been, father, has, that, bought, house, by.
Exercise 2. Passive Voice Brainstorm
are grown in

was written by

is located in

was directed by

was bought at

are made in

Exercise 3. Follow the instructions in Passive Voice.

1. Open the cupboard door.
2. Take out the bread.
3. Close the cupboard door.
4. Put the cutting board on the kitchen counter.
5. Open the drawer.
6. Take out a knife.
7. Close the drawer.
8. Take the butter and jam out of the fridge.
9. Close the fridge door.
10. Open the bread bag and take out a slice.
11. Put the bread in the toaster and set the timer.
12. When it’s done, take it out.
13. Put the toast on the cutting board. Ouch! It’s hot!
14. Open the butter container and the jam jar.
15. Pick up the knife.
16. Spread some butter and jam on the toast.
17. Put the dirty knife in the sink.
18. Eat your toast!
Exercise 4. Make these Present Perfect sentences Passive. You don’t need to repeat
‘somebody’.
1. Somebody has watered the plants.
2. Somebody has bought the presents.
3. Somebody has killed the President.
4. Somebody has repaired the road.
5. Somebody has fired John.
6. Somebody has ordered new books.
7. Somebody has prepared the meal.
8. Somebody has downloaded the song.
9. Somebody has eaten the strawberries.
10. Somebody has cleaned the kitchen.

Exercise 5. Change these active sentences to passive.

1. The Government is planning a new road.
2. He had written three books before 1867.
3. Somebody should do the work.
4. They are building a new stadium.
5. At six o’clock someone was telling the story.
6. I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
7. Somebody had drunk all the milk when I came back home.
8. Picasso was painting this picture at that time.
9. People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
10. Everybody loves Mr.Brown.

Exercise 6. Answer the questions.

1. Where is your favorite restaurant? Where is it located?
2. Choose a favorite item of clothing (or accessory). Who was it made by?
3. Think of a favorite fruit/vegetable. Where is it grown?
4. Are teenagers given too much freedom these days? Do they need to be controlled?
5. When was the last time you were invited to a wedding?
6. Do you remember a party that was celebrated at your house?
7. What was something expensive that was broken by you?
8. Had you been taken to a foreign country before you were ten? Where did you go?
9. What is the best gift you have ever been given?
10. How is your favorite dish cooked?