Exercise on Passive Voice - Simple Present

Write passive sentences in Simple Present.

1. the documents / print The documents are printed.

2. the window / open The window is opened.
3. the shoes / buy The shoes are bought.
4. the car / wash The car is washed.
5. the litter / throw away The litter is threw away.
6. the letter / send The letter is sent.
7. the book / read / not The book is not read.
8. the songs / sing / not The songs are not sang.
9. the food / eat / not The food is not ate.
10. the shop / close / no The shop is not closed.

Rewrite the sentences in passive voice with BY phrase

1. He opens the door. – The door is opened by him.

2. We set the table. – The table was set by us.
3. She pays a lot of money. – A lot of money is paid by her.
4. I draw a picture. – A picture is drawn by me.
5. They wear blue shoes. – Blue shoes are worn by them.
6. They don't help you. – You aren’t helped by them.
7. He doesn't open the book. – The book isn’t opened by him.
8. You do not write the letter. – The letter is not written buy you.
9. Does your mum pick you up? – Are you piked up by your mum?
 10. Does the police officer catch the thief? – Is the thief caught by thepolice
officer.

YES/NO Passive Questions

1. Is that new film about families being directed by Gillian Armstrong?

2. Has one of da Vinci's most famous drawings been sold by a German art collector?

3. Will a rare ceramic figure from the National Palace Museum in Taipei be sent to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?

4.Is a new exhibit going to be opened at the Photography Gallery this week?

5. Have some new paintings been bought by the Prado Museum for their permanent collection?

6. Can Las Meninas be seen at the Prado Museum in Madrid?

7. Was the Jupiter Symphony written by Mozart?

8 Was some of Michelangelo's work being shown around the world in the 1960s?