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Simple Past Passive Exercise - GrammarBank

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Passive voice exercises- Simple past passive exercise with answers, convert from active to passive

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Put following active sentences into the passive voice. Convert to passive worksheet for ESL students and teachers

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Construct passive sentences from words given. Several passive voice exercises for students and teachers

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Passive Voice - mixed tenses - free English online grammar exercise.

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Do the Grammar Test

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Look at these examples to see how the passive voice is used.

A lot of olive oil is produced in Italy.
This book was written by Angela Davis.
The suspect will be released tomorrow.
This product has not been tested on animals.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence.

My bike was stolen. (passive - focus on my bike)
Someone stole my bike. (active - focus on someone)

We often use the passive:

when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, it's not known, it's obvious or we don't want to say)

so that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information

in more formal or scientific writing.

How we make the passive

We make the passive using the verb be + past participle. We start the sentence with the object.

It is not always necessary to add who or what did the action.

Only the form of be changes to make the tense. The past participle stays the same. Here are examples of the passive in its most common tenses.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

Language level

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Do you know how to use the passive voice to change the focus of a sentence? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

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PA007 - Passive and Active sentences - English Grammar Practice

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PA002 - Passive Voice - Incident in the sky

Gap-fill exercise

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PA002 - Passive Voice - Incident in the sky - English Grammar and Vocabulary

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Passive Voice - Incident in the sky - English Grammar and Vocabulary

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Scroll down and click on the exercises (intermediate)

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Passive Voice - PDF Worksheets - English Vocabulary and Grammar

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Passive Voice - PDF Worksheets - English Vocabulary and Grammar

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Transitive verbs have both active and passive forms:

Passive forms are made up of with a past participle:

If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by:

She was attacked by a dangerous dog.
The money was stolenby her husband.

Active and passive voice 1

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Active and passive voice 2

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Active and passive voice 3

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Level: intermediate
The passive infinitive is made up of to be with a past participle:

The doors are going to be locked at ten o'clock.
You shouldn't have done that. You oughtto be punished.

We sometimes use the verb get with a past participle to form the passive:

Be careful with that glass. It might get broken.
Petergot hurt in a crash.

We can use the indirect object as the subject of a passive verb:

We can use phrasal verbs in the passive:

Active and passive voice 4

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Active and passive voice 5

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Some verbs which are very frequently used in the passive are followed by the :

John has been asked to make a speech at the meeting.
Youare supposed to wear a uniform.
The meetingis scheduled to start at seven.

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Learn how to form the passive voice and do the exercises to practise using it.

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irregular verb . When you have entered all the answers, click on the "CHECK" button.

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Irregular Verbs - English Grammar exercises

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irregular verb . When you have entered all the answers, click on the "CHECK" button.

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Practise and check!

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The Cold English Sea - English Tense Exercise

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Interactive tense exercise - Fill in the correct fomr of the verb given !

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Past Tense - simple or progressive - intermediate

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Past Tense - simple or progressive - intermediate

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Everyone ( THINK) that Gulf Breeze in the USA was an ordinary, quiet little town until 11 November 1977. Two friends, Ed Walters and Charlie Bennett, ( REPORT)a very strange incident At first nobody ( BELIEVE) their story, but even today, both Charlie and Ed claim that the incident really ( HAPPEN).

Here is part of the interview.

It ( BE) seven o'clock in the evening. My friend Charlie and I ( WALK) through the park. We were on our way home . We ( TALK) and ( LAUGH). Suddenly the sky ( GO)very dark. Charlie ( LOOK) up and said, 'It's going to rain'. Then I ( HEAR)a loud bang and the sky ( GO)bright green. I thought I ( DREAM). There was a huge, shiny spaceship just above our heads. It ( NOT MOVE). It ( PULL) us off the ground. Seconds later we were inside it. Twenty strange creatures ( LOOK) at us. They all ( HAVE) wrinkled skin and hands like pincers. They ( NOT HURT) us. They ( SMILE) and they seemed very friendly. I don't know how long we ( BE) in space, but I think the spaceship ( MOVE).

Suddenly the door ( OPEN)underneath us. We ( FALL)out of the spaceship onto the ground. We were back in the park again. Charlie and I just ( STARE) at each other. We ( SHAKE) because we were so scared. Then we ( RUN) home as fast as we could. That's all Charlie and I can remember. I know it sounds crazy but it's the truth. On 11 November 1982, exactly five years after the kidnapping, more strange things ( HAPPEN) in Gulf Breeze. Cars ( DISAPPEAR), cats started to fly and several people ( SEE) spaceships in the sky.

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Kidnapped by A UFO - Past Tense- Simple or Progressive

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Everyone ( THINK) that Gulf Breeze in the USA was an ordinary, quiet little town until 11 November 1977. Two friends, Ed Walters and Charlie Bennett, ( REPORT)a very strange incident At first nobody ( BELIEVE) their story, but even today, both Charlie and Ed claim that the incident really ( HAPPEN).

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Past Tense - simple or progressive - Advanced

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Past Tense - simple or progressive - Advanced

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Fill in the correct form of the PAST TENSE (Simple or Progressive)

"What between 5 and 7 yesterday afternoon? (YOU DO) - I in the Red Lion Pub with a lot of other people. (SIT)

1. The weather was bad as I in a queue for the cinema - It heavily and a cold wind ( STAND, RAIN, BLOW)

2. Linda and John the car when it to rain. They everything away and into the house where mother cookies. (WASH, START, PUT, RUN, JUST MAKE)

3. Yesterday when I home from school, a man out on the road. Luckily I very fast, so I managed to stop in time and him. (CYCLE, STEP, NOT GO, NOT HIT)

4. The car strange noises all the way home. (MAKE)

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Past Tense - Simple or Progressive 2 - English Grammar Exercises

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Fill in the correct form of the PAST TENSE (Simple or Progressive) "What between 5 and 7 yesterday afternoon? (YOU DO) - I in the Red Lion Pub with a lot of other people.

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Present perfect simple of Present perfect progressive (continuous) - intermediate

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Present perfect simple of Present perfect progressive (continuous) - intermediate

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T077 - Present Perfect Simple and Continous

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T077-Present Perfect Simple and Continuous Tense - English Grammar Exercises

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Past simple or Present Perfect - intermediate

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Past simple or Present Perfect - intermediate

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T098 - Simple Past and Simple Present Tense

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T098-Simple Past and Simple Present Perfect Tense - English Grammar Exercises

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T102 - JUST, ALREADY and YET

Gap-fill exercise

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T102 - JUST, ALREADY, YET - Time phrases - English Grammar Exercises

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T051-LET, MAKE or HAVE - Fill in the correct form - English Grammar Exercises

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RS007 - Reporting Verbs - Indirect Speech

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RS007 - Reporting Verbs in Reported Speech - English Grammar Exercises

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RS006 - Reported Speech - English Grammar exercises

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RS005 - Reported Speech -Introductory Verbs - English Grammar exercises

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Connectives and linking words - intermediate

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Connectives and linking words - intermediate

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RS005 - Reported Speech -Introductory Verbs - English Grammar exercises

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Connectives and linking words - advanced

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Connectives and linking words - advanced

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CON011 - Connectives and linking phrases - English Grammar Exercises

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Connectives - "SO" and "NEITHER" - advanced

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Connectives - "SO" and "NEITHER" - advanced

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CON012 - SO and NEITHER

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CON012 - SO and NEITHER - English Grammar Exercises

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PV017 - Phrasal Verbs - English Grammar exercises

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PV023 - Phrasal Verbs - English Grammar Exercises

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IF010 - IF Clauses Type 3 - English Grammar Exercises

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Collocations - GET, TAKE, MAKE, DO - intermediate

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Collocations - GET, TAKE, MAKE, DO - intermediate

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COLL003 - Collocations with GET, MAKE, DO and TAKE

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COLL003 - Collocations with GET, MAKE, DO and TAKE - English Vocabulary Exercises

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COLL002 - Verb collocations

Gap-fill exercise

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COLL002 - Verb Collocations English Vocabulary Exercises

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COLL001 - Collocations Adverbs/Verbs and Adjectives

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COLL001 - Collocations with Adverbs/Verbs and Adjectives - English Grammar exercises

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Past Tense - simple or progressive - Advanced
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