PASSIVE VOICE PRESENT

Question 1 A is updated
B was updated
Active: People see this beach as the most C are updated
beautiful in the country.
Question 6
Passive: This beach __________ as the
most beautiful in the country. Active: A friend gives me this sweater.

A is seen Passive: This sweater ________ to me by a

B is see friend.
C is saw A is gave
B is given
Question 2 C are given

Active: People speak Portuguese in Brazil.

Question 7
Passive: Portuguese ___________ in Brazil.
Active: A famous author writes these
A is speak letters.
B is spoken
C is spoke Passive: These letters _________ by a
famous author.
Question 3 A are wrote
Active: Somebody ships the products via B is written
express mail. C are written

Passive: The products ___________ via

express mail. Question 8

A is shipped Active: A knock at the door wakes us all up.

B are shipped Passive: We _____________ by a knock at
C were shipped the door.

A are all waked up

Question 4
B are all woken up
Active: Over 300,000 students take the C is all woke up
college entrance exam.

Passive: The college entrance exam Question 9

_________ by over 300,000 students.
Active: The teachers chooses her to receive
A is taken the award.
B is tooken
Passive: She __________ by the teachers to
C is took
receive the award.

Question 5 A are chosen

B is chose
Active: We update the company website C is chosen
frequently.

Passive: The company website __________ Question 10

frequently.
Active: The staff cleans all the hotel rooms
daily.
Passive: The hotel rooms _________ daily.
PASSIVE VOICE PAST
Change the following sentences from active voice to past passive voice.
1. The dog bit the boy.
2. Children ate sweets.
3. Rita took a photograph.
4. The police arrested the smuggler.
5. Sally flew a kite.
6. The hunter shot the deer.
7. The lion attacked the zebra.
8. My sister drew a nice picture.
9. Sam took the medicines.
10. The cat ate the fish.
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS
1 She loves ____. She's a really kind
person.
everybody nobody
2 I'm afraid, there isn't ___ to eat.
nothing anything
3 He knows ____ about me. We are very
close friends.
nothing everything
4 She is a very rebel person. She does ___
that you say to her.
everything nothing
5 I must have left my keys ______
anywhere somewhere
A are clean
B are cleaned
C is cleaned
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6 Could you speak slowly, please? I can't
understand ____.
anything something
7 Let's go to a restaurant. There's ____ to
eat at the house.
nothing something
8 She's got ____ stuck in her eye. Could
you have a look?
nothing something
9 Thanks but I don't want ____ to drink.
something anything
10 Life is full of surprises. ____ can happen
in the next hour.
Nothing Something