PASSIVE VOICE ALL TENSES
Change these active sentences to passive. Choose
if you need the agent or not and translate.
1) The Government is planning a road.
2) My grandfather built this house in 1943.
3) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
4) The cleaner has cleaned the office.
5) He had written three books before 1867.
6) John will tell you later.
7) We will have signed the deal.
8) Somebody will do the work.
9) The traffic will have delayed Jimmy.
10) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
11) She loves Mr Brown.
12) They are building a new stadium
13) The wolf ate the princess.
14) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.
15) Somebody has drunk all the milk!
16) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
17) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
18) The students will have studied the passive.
19) James will cook dinner.
20) Somebody have taken my wallet.
Use the tenses and verbs in brackets to complete
the sentences, then translate.
1. English _____ (study) all over the world.
(Present progressive tense)
2. This quarrel _____ (forget) in a few years' time.
(Future simple tense)
3. My pencil case _____ (steal).
(Present perfect)
4. We _____ (beat) at badminton.
(Present simple)
5. This shirt _____ (make) in France.
(Past progressive tense)
6. The dogs _____ (clean) in the house.
(Present perfect tense)
7. Her new book _____ (publish) next month.
(Future progressive tense)
8. Milk _____ (use) to make butter and cheese.
(Future perfect tense)
9. They _____ (stop) to school.
(Past simple tense)
10. Not a sound _____ (hear).
(Past perfect tense)
11. Some juice _____ (spill) on the carpet.
(Present progressive perfect)
12. The thieves _____ (arrest) by the police.
(Future simple tense)
13. The homework _____ (correct) by the teacher.
(Future perfect tense)
14. Her ring _____ (search) under the bed.
(Past perfect tense)
15. I _____ (offer) an interesting job.
(Present simple tense)
PASSIVE VOICE ALL TENSES
Change these active sentences to passive. Choose
if you need the agent or not and translate.
1) The Government is planning a road.
2) My grandfather built this house in 1943.
3) Picasso was painting Guernica at that time.
4) The cleaner has cleaned the office.
5) He had written three books before 1867.
6) John will tell you later.
7) We will have signed the deal.
8) Somebody will do the work.
9) The traffic will have delayed Jimmy.
10) People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
11) She loves Mr Brown.
12) They are building a new stadium
13) The wolf ate the princess.
14) At six o'clock someone was telling a story.
15) Somebody has drunk all the milk!
16) I had cleaned all the windows before the storm.
17) A workman will repair the computer tomorrow.
18) The students will have studied the passive.
19) James will cook dinner.
20) Somebody have taken my wallet.
Use the tenses and verbs in brackets to complete
the sentences, then translate.
1. English _____ (study) all over the world.
(Present progressive tense)
2. This quarrel _____ (forget) in a few years' time.
(Future simple tense)
3. My pencil case _____ (steal).
(Present perfect)
4. We _____ (beat) at badminton.
(Present simple)
5. This shirt _____ (make) in France.
(Past progressive tense)
6. The dogs _____ (clean) in the house.
(Present perfect tense)
7. Her new book _____ (publish) next month.
(Future progressive tense)
8. Milk _____ (use) to make butter and cheese.
(Future perfect tense)
9. They _____ (stop) to school.
(Past simple tense)
10. Not a sound _____ (hear).
(Past perfect tense)
11. Some juice _____ (spill) on the carpet.
(Present progressive perfect)
12. The thieves _____ (arrest) by the police.
(Future simple tense)
13. The homework _____ (correct) by the teacher.
(Future perfect tense)
14. Her ring _____ (search) under the bed.
(Past perfect tense)
15. I _____ (offer) an interesting job.
(Present simple tense)