Active - Passive Voice (Exercise 1)

Change the sentences into Passive Voice

1. The secretary types the documents for the manager.
2. They drink orange juice every day.
3. My mother baked a chocolate cake.
4. Mr. Tan sends me to school every morning.
5. I ate fried rice yesterday
Write the verbs in brackets into appropriate form.
1. Chinese ___is spoken______ (speak) in Singapore.
2. The Taj Mahal _____was built_______ (build) around 164.
3. Stamps __aren’t sold_____ (not sell) in bookshops.
4. I ___was visited____ (visit) by my cousins last week.
5. My breakfast ____is prepared_______ (prepare) by my mom every morning.
6. The books __will be sold__ (sell) in every bookstore tomorrow
7. Sssst ! Be quiet! My baby ___is sleeping___ (sleep)
8. My brother __studies____(study) Spanish every Wednesday but today he _is being
taught___ (teach) English by his teacher
9. My parents _will meet____ (meet) the manager next week
10._was the car fixed______ (the car/fix) two days ago?
Decide whether the sentence is active or passive. Circle the correct answers.
1. Mr. Jeremy always fetches her wife from the office. (active / passive)
2. Samantha was scolded by the teacher yesterday. (active / passive)
3. They are invited to Harrison’s wedding party. (active / passive)
4. Kent and Steven went to Bali last vacation. (active / passive)
5. We wash our car once in a week. (active /passive)

Active Passive
V1 (s/es); do/does Is/am/are + v3
+not
(every day, usually,
always, Often …)
V2, didn’t Was/were + v3
(yesterday,
last.., ..ago)
Is/am/are + v Ing Is/am/are + being +
(now, at this time, at v3
this moment, at.. p.m,
this week)
Was/were +v ing Was/were + being +
(at this time v3
yesterday, at 2 p.m
two days ago)
Has/have /had+ v3 Has/have / had+ been
(for, since, already, + v3
yet)
Will + V1 Will + be + v3
(next week,
tomorrow, as soon as,
tonight)