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  • Passive verb forms

    Exercise 3

    Turn the following active sentences into passive sentences. Keep the same verb tense.

    1 They forbid smoking here. ⇒ Smoking here.

    2 They accept credit cards. ⇒ Credit cards .

    3 They are building a new cinema in the city. ⇒ A new cinema in the city.

    4 Someone is accusing him of stealing money. ⇒ He of stealing money.

    5 They built the house in 1950. ⇒ The house in 1950.

    6 The Romans named Neptune after the Roman god of the sea. ⇒ Neptune after the Roman god of the sea.

    7 Someone was blackmailing him. ⇒ He .

    8 When I passed by, someone was painting the walls. ⇒ When I passed by, the walls .

    9 They have told him that he has to leave the country. ⇒ He that he has to leave the country.

    10 For generations local fishermen have inhabited the lake. ⇒ For generations the lake by local fishermen.


     

  • Passive voice in the different verb tenses

    To make a passive verb form, we have to use be in a particular verb tense and add the past participle of the main verb after it. You can see how to use the passive voice with different verb tenses below.

    Passive verb forms – all tenses

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    Active and passive

    In a passive sentence, the object of an active sentence becomes the subject. In a passive voice sentence, the subject is the receiver of the action, not the doer of the action.

    ‣ They take the photos in Africa. (active)

    ‣ The photos are taken in Africa. (passive)

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