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Passive Voice 2 - Explanation and Exercises

Here are the active sentences converted to passive voice: 1. French is being learned by many people these days. 2. The reservation had been cancelled by Ed before we arrived. 3. Many mistakes will be made in the future. 4. Italian food has not been eaten in that restaurant by John. 5. Water was being carried to their village by the girls. 6. A cold is being caught by Mary because of the weather. 7. The ball had been thrown so far by Mark. 8. A letter must be written to apologize by them. 9. The fireworks are being admired in the city by people. 10. The game was

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Passive Voice 2 - Explanation and Exercises

Here are the active sentences converted to passive voice: 1. French is being learned by many people these days. 2. The reservation had been cancelled by Ed before we arrived. 3. Many mistakes will be made in the future. 4. Italian food has not been eaten in that restaurant by John. 5. Water was being carried to their village by the girls. 6. A cold is being caught by Mary because of the weather. 7. The ball had been thrown so far by Mark. 8. A letter must be written to apologize by them. 9. The fireworks are being admired in the city by people. 10. The game was

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Passive voice 2

Modal verbs
ACTIVE: modal verb + clean / see / etc. (will clean / must see / etc.)

PASSIVE: modal verb + be + past particle


CITLALI verbs (will be cleaned / must be
VÁSQUEZ

seen / etc.)

ACTIVE: Somebody will clean the room later.

PASSIVE: The room will be cleaned later.

 The situation is serious. Something must be done before it’s too late.
 A mystery is something that can´t be explained.
 The music was very loud and could be heard from a long way away.

Present continuous
ACTIVE: am/is/are + cleaning / seeing / etc.

PASSIVE: am/is/are + being + past participle verb (cleaned / seen / etc.)

ACTIVE: Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment.

PASSIVE: The room is being cleaned at the moment.

 There’s somebody walking behind us. I think we are being followed.


 (in a shop) ‘Can I help you?’ ‘No, thank you. I’m being served.’

Past continuous
ACTIVE: was/were + cleaning / seeing / etc.

PASSIVE: was/were + being + past participle verb (cleaned / seen / etc.)

ACTIVE: Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived.

PASSIVE: The room was being cleaned when I arrived.

 There was somebody walking behind us. I think we were being followed.
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Present perfect
ACTIVE: have/has + cleaned / seen / etc.

PASSIVE: have/has + been + past participle verb (cleaned / seen / etc.)

ACTIVE: The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it.


CITLALI VÁSQUEZ
PASSIVE: The room looks nice. It has been cleaned.

 Have you heard? The concert has been cancelled.


 Have you ever been bitten by a dog?
 Are you going to the party? No, I haven’t been invited.

Past perfect
ACTIVE: had + cleaned / seen / etc.

PASSIVE: had + been + past participle verb (cleaned / seen / etc.)

ACTIVE: The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it.

PASSIVE: The room looked nice. It had been cleaned.

 The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They had been cooked too long.
 The car was three years old but hadn’t been used very much.
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Passive voice 2 – active sentences into passive


Identify the subject, verb, and object in the following sentences. Also, write the time
tense of the verbs. Follow this color pattern:

Subject: green verb: red object: blue

1. Many people are learning French


CITLALIthese days. (Present continuous)
VÁSQUEZ

French is being learning by many people these days.


2. Ed had cancelled the reservation before we arrived. (Past perfect)
The reservation by Ed before we arrived
3. She will make many mistakes in the future. (modal verb-future)
Many mistakes
4. John hasn’t eaten Italian food in that restaurant. (Present perfect)
That restaurant
5. The girls were carrying water to their village. (Past continuous)
Water
6. Mary is catching a cold because of the weather. (Past continuous)

7. Mark had thrown the ball so far. (Past perfect)

8. They must write a letter to apologize. (Modal verb)

9. People are admiring the fireworks in the city. (Present continuous)


The fireworks is
10. Somebody was modifying the game. (Past continuous)

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