Changing active to passive voice

Past Participle:

1. has the same spelling with the past tense

(bring – brought – brought)

2. has a different spelling with the past tense

(sing – sang – sung)

3. ends with –n

(show – showed – shown)

4. ends in -en

(write – wrote – written)

5. ends with –ed

(talk – talked – talked)

SIMPLE FORM PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE

1. be

2. beat

3. become

4. begin

5. bend

6. bet

7. bite

8. blow

9. break

10. bring

11. build

12. buy

13. catch

14. choose

15. come


16. cost

17. cut

18. dig

19. do

20. drink

21. drive

22. eat

23. fall

24. feed

25. feel

26. fight

27. find

28. fly

29. forget

30. forgive


31. freeze

32. get

33. give

34. go

35. grow

36. have

37. hear

38. hide

39. hit

40. hold

41. hurt

42. keep

43. kneel

44. know

45. lay


46. lead

47. leave

48. lend

49. let

50. lie

51. light

52. lose

53. make

54. mean

55. meet

56. pay

57. put

58. quit

59. read

60. ride


61. ring

62. rise

63. run

64. say

65. see

66. sell

67. send

68. set

69. shake

70. show

71. sing

72. sink

73. sit

74. sleep

75. speak


76. spend

77. split

78. spread

79. stand

80. steal

81. swim

82. take

83. teach

84. tear

85. tell

86. think

87. throw

88. understand

89. wear

90. win

91. write


1. be was, were been

2. beat beat beaten

3. become became become

4. begin began begun

5. bend bent bent

6. bet bet bet

7. bite bit bitten

8. blow blew blown

9. break broke broken

10. bring brought brought

11. build built built

12. buy bought bought

13. catch caught caught

14. choose chose chosen

15. come came come


16. cost cost cost

17. cut cut cut

18. dig dug dug

19. do did done

20. drink drank drunk

21. drive drove driven

22. eat ate eaten

23. fall fell fallen

24. feed fed fed

25. feel felt felt

26. fight fought fought

27. find found found

28. fly flew flown

29. forget forgot forgotten

30. forgive forgave forgiven


31. freeze froze frozen

32. get got gotten

33. give gave given

34. go went gone

35. grow grew grown

36. have had had

37. hear heard heard

38. hide hid hidden

39. hit hit hit

40. hold held held

41. hurt hurt hurt

42. keep kept kept

43. kneel knelt knelt

44. know knew known

45. lay laid laid


46. lead led led

47. leave left left

48. lend lent lent

49. let let let

50. lie lay lain

51. light lit lit

52. lose lost lost

53. make made made

54. mean meant meant

55. meet met met

56. pay paid paid

57. put put put

58. quit quit quit

59. read read read

60. ride rode ridden


61. ring rang rung

62. rise rose risen

63. run ran run

64. say said said

65. see saw seen

66. sell sold sold

67. send sent sent

68. set set set

69. shake shook shaken

70. show showed shown

71. sing sang sung

72. sink sank sunk

73. sit sat sat

74. sleep slept slept

75. speak spoke spoken


76. spend spent spent

77. split split split

78. spread spread spread

79. stand stood stood

80. steal stole stolen

81. swim swam swum

82. take took taken

83. teach taught taught

84. tear tore torn

85. tell told told

86. think thought thought

87. throw threw thrown

88. understand understood understood

89. wear wore worn

90. win won won

91. write wrote written

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

1. The company makes shoes in that factory.

2. Shoes are made by the company.

1. They make shoes in that factory.

2. They built that skyscraper in 1934.

3. The students will finish the course by July.

4. They make these tools of plastic.

5. They have finished the new product design.

6. Smithers painted 'Red Sunset' in 1986.

7. Someone will speak Japanese at the meeting.

Identify whether the following sentence is in active or passive voice.

1. Mark was eating an apple.

2. The picture was painted by Bob.

3. Tina opened the present.

4. The phone was being used by Mr. Thomas.

5. The card was made by Fred.

6. James hit the tree with his stick.

7. The man jumped off the step.

8. Daniel was watching the birds.

9. Emma reads a French novel.

10. A poem is being written.

11. James couldn’t see the man.

12. The boy picked up the coin.

13. The egg was laid by the bird.

14. Susan found her car keys.

15. The policeman chased after Fred.

16. The car was fixed.

17. The pencil had been lost.

18. Mark was given a warning.

19. The key was used to open the door.

20. The crisp packet was thrown away.

To change a sentence from active to passive voice, do the following:

1. Move the active sentence's direct object into the sentence's subject slot

2. Place the active sentence's subject into a phrase beginning with

the preposition by

3. Add a form of the auxiliary verb be to the main verb and change the main

verb's form

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subject verb object

active Everybody drinks water.

passive Water is drunk by everybody.

subject verb object

active Everybody drank water.

passive Water was drunk by everybody.

subject verb object

active They eat fruits.

passive Fruits are eaten by them.

subject verb object

active They ate fruits.

passive Fruits were eaten by them.

These are all written in active voice. Change each sentence into passive voice.

1. The actors had performed the play by Shakespeare.

2. A stone smashed the window.

3. The boys pushed the tree over.

4. James climbed the ladder.

5. Sam baked a big cake.

These are all written in passive voice. Change each

sentence into active voice.

1. The football was kicked by Luke.

2. The knife was left on the table by Julie.

3. The milk had been knocked over by a cat.

4. The car had been driven into a wall by a naughty child.

5. The windows had been washed.

1. Lia has told me about students _____ have taken the entrance examinations. a. Who b. whom c. which d. ɸ

2. The office secretary _____ I talked to didn’t know where the club meeting was. a. Which b. whom c. that d. ɸ

3. You need to talk to a person or friend _____ you feel close to you. a. Where b. which c. whom d. ɸ

4. Do you wish to go on the superferry _____ leaves for Palawan tomorrow? a. Who b. that c. which d. ɸ

5. Jim is such a good person _____ his classmates really trust him. a. Who b. which c. that d. ɸ

6. I’d like to buy a recipe book _____ contains both pastas and desserts. a. Who b. which c. that d. ɸ

7. Sometimes students _____ read between the lines do not get the gist of what they read. a. Who b. whom c. which d. ɸ

8. The problems _____ young people face are sometimes beyond their own understanding. a. Who b. that c. which d. ɸ

9. The book _____ I bought for my history class is very interestingly written. a. That b. which c. who d. ɸ

10. Nutritionists say _____ a liter of milk costs less than one-half kilo of meat but has more food value. a. Which b. that c. who d. ɸ

Fill in the blanks with suitable relative pronouns to complete the sentence. ɸ means the sentence can do without any of the answers. Write the letter

that corresponds to your answer

1. The cost of automobiles (has, have) increased this year. 2. There (is, are) only six tables to put out. 3. Relief goods from the Red Cross (was, were) given to the victims. 4. Here (is, are) two tickets for the movie. 5. It is I who (am, is) responsible. 6. Rice and fish (is, are) common fare for Filipinos. 7. Trees (is, are) a poem written by Joyce Kilmer. 8. In the shop window (was, were) several stuffed animals. 9. No one (denies, deny) this fact. 10.The honest man, together with his wife, (was, were) honored. 11.Our basketball team (plays, play) at the meet today. 12.One of the boys (is, are) present. 13.The number present (was, were) not large. 14.A number of boys (was, were) present. 15.Ten kilometers (is, are) a long way to walk.

B. Write into your paper the correct verb in parentheses.

1. My friends and I (attended, attends, attend) the football game

tomorrow.

2. I (bought, buy, will buy) my ticket early last week.

3. We (made, make, will make) plans for this game a month ago.

4. (Did, Do, Does) not the coach see great improvement yesterday?

5. Now the game has just started. The referee (had blown, has blown,

will have blown) his whistle for the kick-off.

6. What (made, has made, had made) the crowd so quiet?

7. The coach (was talking, is talking, am talking) with the referee now.

8. Not everybody (understood, understands, will understand) the

meaning of offside.

9. When will the game (ended, end, ends)?

10.One of the players was (injured, injure, injures) in the last play.

11.Do the players (knew, know, knows) the signals now?

12.Our school team (showed, shows, show) good sportsmanship at games

at all times?

13.My brother never (failed, fails, fail) to see a football game every

weekend.

14.I am sure we (won, win, wins) the contest on Sunday. 15.If that happens, everyone in school (was, is, are) happy and proud.

C. Write into your paper the correct form of

the given verb.

PRESENT ACTIVE VOICE

(am/is/are + past participle)

There is a chimpanzee which

____________ (call) “Bubbles”. It

____________ (own) by Michael

Johnson. It ____________ (keep) in

his home. It ____________ (feed)

every day by Michael Johnson

himself. It ____________ (always /

dress) in funny clothes. It

____________ (said) that “Bubbles”

is Michael Johnson’s onlyfriend.

PAST ACTIVE VOICE

(was/were + past participle

Two men ____________ (see)

breaking into a house in my street

last night. The police ____________

(call) and they arrived very quickly.

One man ____________ (catch)

immediately. The other escaped,

but he ____________ (find) very

soon. Both men ____________ (take)

to the police station where they

___________ (question) separately

by a police officer. The two men

____________ (charge) with

burglary.

Changing active to passive voice

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