Exercise for Active to Passive (EXAMPLE)

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate passive verb form.

1. They are painting the walls. (Active)
The walls ………………. (Passive)

a.are painting
b.are being painted
c.are painted

2. He closed the door. (Active) The door …………………. by him. (Passive)

a.has closed
b.was being closed
c.was closed

3. The loan recovery officials sealed the house. (Active)
The house …………………. by the loan recovery officials. (Passive)

a.was sealed
b.was being sealed
c.has been sealed

4. I have cleaned the carpets. (Active)
The carpets …………………. (Passive)

a.are cleaned
b.have been cleaned
c.had been cleaned

5. I had sent the parcel in the morning. (Active)
The parcel ……………….. in the morning. (Passive)

a.had been sent
b.have been sent
c.was sent

6. You should post this letter. (Active)
This letter ………………… (Passive)

a.should be posting
b.should be posted
c.should have posted

7. They will announce the results tomorrow. (Active)
The results ………………… tomorrow. (Passive)

a.will be announced
b.will be announcing
c.will announced

8. I have fed the dog. (Active) The dog ………………. (Passive)

a.has been fed
b.was fed
c.had been fed

9. We will have finished the work by Monday. (Active)
The work ………………… by Monday. (Passive)

a.will have been finishing
b.will be finished
c.will have been finished

10. The reporter is announcing the news. (Active)
The news ……………….. (Passive)

a.is being announcing
b.was announced
c.is being announced

11. They took the patient to the hospital in an ambulance. (Active)
The patient ………………. to the hospital in an ambulance. (Passive)

a.was taking
b.was taken
c.had been taken

12. I bought food at the restaurant. (Active)
Food ……………… at the restaurant. (Passive)

a.had bought
b.was bought
c.has been bought

Answers

1. They are painting the walls. (Active)

The walls are being painted. (Passive)

2. He closed the door. (Active)

The door was closed by him. (Passive)

3. The loan recovery officials sealed the house. (Active)

The house was sealed by the loan recovery officials. (Passive)

4. I have cleaned the carpets. (Active)

The carpets have been cleaned. (Passive)

5. I had sent the parcel in the morning. (Active)

The parcel had been sent in the morning. (Passive)

6. You should post this letter. (Active)

This letter should be posted. (Passive)

7. They will announce the results tomorrow. (Active)

The results will be announced tomorrow. (Passive)

8. I have fed the dog. (Active)

The dog has been fed. (Passive)

9. We will have finished the work by Monday. (Active)

The work will have been finished by Monday. (Passive)

10. The reporter is announcing the news. (Active)

The news is being announced. (Passive)

11. They took the patient to the hospital in an ambulance. (Active)

The patient was takento the hospital in an ambulance. (Passive)

12. I bought food at the restaurant. (Active)

Food was bought at the restaurant. (Passive)