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This document provides examples of how to form the passive voice in English using the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb. It gives the passive forms for 14 tenses and constructions, including the present simple, past simple, future, infinitives, and modals. It then provides a gap fill exercise where students must use the indicated passive form to complete 14 sentences about common actions.
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Active & Passive (Part 3) Edited

This document provides examples of how to form the passive voice in English using the verb "to be" and the past participle of the main verb. It gives the passive forms for 14 tenses and constructions, including the present simple, past simple, future, infinitives, and modals. It then provides a gap fill exercise where students must use the indicated passive form to complete 14 sentences about common actions.
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Name: ……………………………………………

Date: ………………………………………………

We form the passive with the verb to be and the past participle of the main verb:
Verb (to be) + past participle (PP)
Present simple: am/is/are + PP Jim’s car is serviced twice a year.
Present continuous: am/is/are being + PP Dinner is being prepared now.
Past simple: was/were + PP Jim’s car was serviced last week.
Past continuous: was/were being + PP Dinner was being prepared at 7 last night.
Present perfect: has/have been + PP Lunch has already been eaten.
Past perfect: had been + PP Trees had been cut.
Future simple: will be + PP or Dinner will be prepared soon.
am/is/are going to be + PP Dinner is going to be prepared at seven.
Future perfect: will have been + PP Checks will have been paid by Tuesday.
Infinitives: (to) be + PP The dishes need to be cleaned now.
Modals: modal + be + PP The dishes should be cleaned.

Fill in the gaps with one of the following verbs using the indicated passive form: ask, annoy,
brush, catch, extinguish, give, keep, put, punish, repair, rescue, ruin, send, take, use, whiten
a. They ………………………………… by b. The baby …………………………………
the sound of the loud in bed by his mother.
music. (present simple) (present continuous)

c. Your teeth need d. They ……………………………………to


………………………………………… and stop talking by the librarian.
……………………………. (infinitive) (past simple)

e. The car ………………………………… f. Joe ……………………………… an A+


well by mechanic. by the math teacher.
(past simple) (present perfect)

g. Cell phones …………………………… h. Long time ago, letters


while driving a car. ………………………………………… with
(modal/shouldn’t) doves. (past perfect)

i. Both ……………………………………… j. These pants ……………………………


by the school principal. by the stains of paint.
(future simple) (present simple)

k. Steven …………………………………… l. The sinking ship ……………………


to the doctor this morning. ……………………………… by anyone.
(past simple) (present continuous/not)

m. Martin …………………………………… n. The fire …………………………………


cheating in tests several before it gets worse.
times. (past simple) (future simple)
Answer key
a. Are annoyed
b. Was being put
c. To be brushed and whitened
d. Were asked
e. Was repaired
f. Has been given
g. Shouldn’t be used
h. Were sent
i. Will be punished
j. Are ruined
k. Was taken
l. Is not being rescued
m. Was caught
n. Will be extinguished

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