Passive Tense Review

Do you remember the difference between active and passive sentences?

In an active sentence:

Someone or something is performing an action.
"The cat chased the mouse."

In a passive sentence:

Someone or something is having something done to them.
"The mouse was chased by the cat."

In order to make a passive sentence you need:

• A form of the verb 'to be'
• A past tense verb
  e.g."Thousands of toys are bought every Christmas."

If we want to say who performed the action then we must add 'by'.
e.g. "Thousands of toys are bought every Christmas by parents."

Can you convert the following sentences into the passive voice?

1. Jennifer bought the cake.
2. Millions of people visit Cape Town every year.
3. Emily and Patrick ate my chocolate!
4. Sam painted a beautiful picture.
5. Kevin drives Kate to work every day.
6. Peter killed the rat.
7. Caroline eats two bars of chocolate daily.
8. The waves hit the ship.
9. Sophie cleans the kitchen.
10. Everyone watches the fireworks.

Lesson by Caroline Devane

• 1. The cake ___ by Jennifer.
  
  was buyed
  is buying
  was bought
  
  
• 2. Cape Town ___ by millions of people every year.
  
  visited
  is visited
  visits
  
  
• 3. My chocolate ___ by Emily and Patrick.
  
  was eaten
  was eat
  was ate
  
  
• 4. A beautiful picture was painted by Bob.
  
  
  
• 5. Kate ___ to work every day by Kevin.
  
  was drove
  is drived
  is driven
  
  
• 6. The rat ___ by Peter.
  
  was killed
  is killing
  killed
  
  
• 7. Two bars of chocolate ___ daily by Caroline.
  
  are ate
  is eaten
  are eaten
  
  
• 8. The ship ___ by the waves.
  
  was hit
  was hitted
  was hits
  
  
• 9. The kitchen ___ by Sophie.
  
  cleaned
  were cleaned
  is cleaned
  
  
• 10. The fireworks ___ by everyone.
  
  are watched
  was watched
  was watching