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Unlocking the passive voice a 15 question linguistic labyrinth

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1. The cake ____ by my grandmother.

The passive voice uses 'be' + past participle. 'Was baked' correctly uses the past simple passive.

2. The letter ____ yesterday.

'Was sent' is the correct past simple passive form.

3. Which sentence is in the passive voice?

The passive voice emphasizes the action received, not the actor. 'The ball was chased by the dog' highlights the ball's experience.

4. The song ____ millions of times.

The present perfect passive uses 'has/have been' + past participle.

5. The problem ____ easily.

Modal verbs like 'can' are followed by 'be' + past participle in the passive.

6. Which sentence correctly uses the passive voice in the future tense?

Future passive uses 'will be' + past participle.

7. The books ____ carefully.

'Were handled' is the correct past simple passive form.

8. The movie ____ next week.

Future passive uses 'will be' + past participle.

9. Which sentence uses the passive correctly with 'by'?

'By' introduces the agent (the person or thing performing the action) in the passive voice.

10. The test ____ tomorrow morning.

Future passive uses 'will be' + past participle.

11. The report ____ by the end of the week.

Modal verbs like 'must' are followed by 'be' + past participle in the passive.

12. Which sentence is grammatically correct and in the passive voice?

Present continuous passive uses 'is/am/are being' + past participle.

13. The house ____ in 1920.

Past simple passive uses 'was/were' + past participle.

14. The flowers ____ every morning.

Present simple passive uses 'is/am/are' + past participle.

15. Which sentence correctly uses the passive voice with a present perfect continuous tense?

Present perfect continuous passive uses 'has/have been being' + past participle. While less common, it's grammatically correct.

Topics:

Present tenses

Past tenses 1

Present perfect

Present tenses 2

Future 1

Future 2

Countable and uncountable nouns

Referring to nouns

Pronouns and referencing

Adjectives and adverbs

Comparing things

The noun pharse

Modals 1

Modals 2

Reported speech

Verb + verb patterns

Likelihood based on conditions 1

Likelihood based on conditions 2

Presositions

Relative clauses

Ways of organising texts

The passive

Linking ideas

Showing your position in a text

Nominalisation in written English