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ENGLISH GRAMMAR

THE PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE TENSES AND
ACTIVE EQUIVALENTS
SE / VERB FORM ACTIVE PASSIV
VOICE VOICE
Simple present keeps is kept
Present is is being
continuous keeping kept
Simple past kept was kep
Past continuous was was bei
keeping kept
Present perfect have have
kept been ke
Past perfect had had bee
kept kept
future will will be
keep kept
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Conditional would would b

present keep kept
Conditional past would would
have have
kept been ke
present infinitive to keep to be
kept
perfect infinitive to have to have
kept been ke
present keeping being
participle/gerund kept
perfect participle having having
kept been ke
Example sentences:
Active: I keep the butter in
the fridge.
Passive: The butter is kept
in the fridge.
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Active: They stole the

painting.
Passive: The painting was
stolen.

Active: They are repairing

the road.
Passive: The road is being
repaired.

ONLINE EXERCISES
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PASSIVE EXERCISES:

They fix the tiny device on the

pet's neck

They instal video cameras in

apartments
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Video cameras transmit pictures

of domestic pets

This device translate dog's

barking into the Japanese

The mobile phones show pictures

with messages

A humor magazine gave this

device an Ig Nobel Prize in 2002

They award the prize in

Harvard's Sanders Theatre every
year

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING

SENTENCES WITH A
CORRECT PASSIVE
CONSTRUCTION.
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1. They will have to rebuild the entire

front of the prototype.
The entire front of the prototype
.
2. Nobody has ever called me
'Honeypop'!
I 'Honeypop'!
3. I haven't decided on anything yet.
Nothing yet.
4. Someone had told me that the road
works caused delays.
I that the road works caused
delays.
5. People sometimes say that every
cloud has a silver lining.
It that every cloud has a silver
lining.

1. We require suitable candidates to

be bilingual.
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Suitable candidates to be
bilingual.
2. The Chairman of the Board asked
the Managing Director to remain in
charge for another year.
The Managing Director to remain
in charge for another year.
3. The entire press corps is
interviewing him right now.
He right now.
4. They must have stolen the painting
between 2 and 3 A.M.
The painting between 2 and 3
A.M.
5. Didn't anyone tell you to wear a
jacket and tie in the restaurant ?
to wear a jacket and tie in the
restaurant ?
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