Passive Voice: Common Mistakes and Practice

1. Which sentence is correctly written in the passive voice?

The report was completed yesterday.

The report completed yesterday.

The report is complete yesterday.

The report was completing yesterday.

2. Choose the correct passive form: "Someone stole my wallet."

My wallet is stole.

My wallet was stolen.

My wallet stole.

My wallet was stole.

3. In which sentence should "by + doer" be included?

The office is cleaned every day.

My car was stolen.

Hamlet was written by Shakespeare.

English is spoken here.

4. Convert to passive: "Someone has repaired my car."

My car has repaired.

My car was repaired.

My car has been repaired.

My car is repaired.

5. Which passive question is correctly formed?

The room is cleaned every day?

Is the room cleaned every day?

The room cleaned every day?

Is the room clean every day?

6. Convert to passive: "They will announce the results tomorrow."

The results will announce tomorrow.

The results will be announced tomorrow.

The results are announced tomorrow.

The results will be announcing tomorrow.

7. Which sentence contains a common passive voice error?

The work done yesterday.

The work was done yesterday.

The work has been done.

The work will be done.

8. What is the correct passive form? "They are building a new bridge."

A new bridge is building.

A new bridge is being built.

A new bridge is built.

A new bridge has been built.

9. Which sentence is more naturally expressed in active voice?

The book is liked by me.

This house was built in 1920.

English is spoken in many countries.

The window was broken by a bird.

10. Choose the correct passive form with a modal: "You can solve the problem easily."

The problem can solve easily.

The problem can be solved easily.

The problem can solved easily.

The problem can being solved easily.

11. Which sentence unnecessarily includes "by + doer"?

This painting was created by Picasso.

English is spoken by people here.

The window was broken by a bird.

The theory was developed by a 15-year-old student.

12. Which word is NOT a correct past participle?

written

spoke

stolen

broken

13. Convert to passive: "People speak Spanish in Mexico."

Spanish speaks in Mexico.

Spanish is spoken in Mexico.

Spanish was spoken in Mexico.

Spanish has been spoken in Mexico.

14. Which sentence correctly uses a state verb (not in passive)?

This pizza is tasted delicious.

This pizza tastes delicious.

This pizza was tasted delicious.

This pizza is being tasted delicious.

15. What is the correct first step when converting active to passive voice?

Add the verb "be"

Find the object and make it the new subject

Change the verb to past participle

Add "by" and the original subject

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