Passive Voice – Exercise

1.Paul will be sent to prison.

2.My brother has just been beaten in the race.

3.He was told to wait outside.

4.I was not paid for the work.

5.Policemen are often asked the way.

6.Their lawn is cut once a week.

7.We will be asked by the police.

8.The towels were not used.

9.The jewels have not been sold so far.

10.They are taught French.

11.The fire brigade was phoned soon after the fire had broken out.

12.You will be laughed at if you talk such nonsense.

13.All the fruits were eaten up by the guests.

14.The email will be answered tomorrow.

15.The best cookies are sold here.

People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.
40 million hamburgers … every day.

1.English is spoken all over the world.

2.Where was gun powder invented?

3.The missing girl wasn’t found last weekend.

4.This museum isn’t visited very often.

5.A new fun park is being built in town.

6.When was this book translated into English?

7.Thousands of emails are sent to the star every month.

8.I was brought some fresh grapes by Sally.

9.I was followed the whole evening by some dangerous looking men.

The Passive: Mixed Tenses
Change these sentences from active to passive.

1.Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.

2.A new road is being planned near my house.

3.This house was built in 1943.

4.Guernica was being painted at that time.

5.The office has been cleaned.

6.Three books had been written before 1867.

7.You will be told later.

8.The deal will have been signed by this time tomorrow.

9.The work should be done.

10.Jimmy might have been delayed by the traffic.

11.Mr Brown is loved by everybody.

12.A new stadium is being built near the station.

13.The princess was eaten by the wolf.

14.A story was being told at six o’clock.