Form
passive voice: a form of the verb to be + past participle
active voice | passive voice | |
present perfect | Jack has built a house. | A house has been built (by Jack). |
Jack has sold houses. | Houses have been sold (by Jack). | |
past perfect | Jack had built a house. | A house had been built (by Jack). |
Jack had sold houses. | Houses had been sold (by Jack). | |
list of irregular verbs |
Exercises
Making passive sentences in the present perfect (A house has been built)
- exercise 1: write passive sentences in the present perfect
- exercise 2: write passive sentences in the present perfect
Making active sentences passive in the present perfect (He has built a house ⇒ A house has been built)
- exercise 1: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 2: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 3: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 4: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 5: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 6: rewrite active present perfect sentences in passive voice
Making active sentences passive in the past perfect (He had built a house ⇒ A house had been built)
- exercise 1: rewrite active past perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 2: rewrite active past perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 3: rewrite active past perfect sentences in passive voice
- exercise 4: rewrite active past perfect sentences in passive voice
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 Future and Modal Passive (The house will be built. / The house may have been built.)
- exercises for practising the passive in various tenses
- 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)