Form
passive voice: a form of the verb to be + past participle
| active voice | passive voice | |
| simple present | Jack builds a house. | A house is built (by Jack). |
| simple past | Jack built a house. | A house was built. |
| present perfect | Jack has built a house. | A house has been built. |
| past perfect | Jack had built a house. | A house had been built. |
| present continuous | Jack is building a house. | A house is being built. |
| past continuous | Jack was building a house. | A house was being built. |
| future simple | Jack will build a house. | A house will be built. |
Exercises
Making passive sentences (mix of tenses)
- exercise 1: fill in the correct passive verb forms (tenses are indicated)
- exercise 2: fill in the correct passive verb forms (tenses are indicated)
Making active sentences passive (mix of tenses)
- exercise 1: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 2: rewrite active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 3: rewrite the active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 4: rewrite the active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 5: rewrite the active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 6: rewrite the active sentences in passive voice
- exercise 7: choose the correct passive sentence
- exercise 8: choose the correct passive sentence
- exercise 9: rewrite active verb forms in passive voice
- exercise 10: rewrite active verb forms in passive voice (plus modal verbs)
Making passive sentences active (mix of tenses)
- exercise 1: rewrite the passive sentences in active voice (advanced)
Useful pages
- exercises for practising recognizing active and passive voice
- exercises for practising the Simple Present Passive (The house is built.)
- exercises for practising the Simple Past Passive (The house was built.)
- exercises for practising the Continuous Passive (The house is/was being built.)
- exercises for practising the Perfect Passive (The house has/had been built.)
- exercises for practising the Future and Modal Passive (The house will be built. / The house may have been built.)
- exercises for practising the Personal Passive (She is known to have built a house.)
- exercises for practising the Double Object Passive (She was given a house / A house was given)