Passive voice practice

Simple passive voice examples

Passive: Mixed tenses

Sentences with two object: Indirect object is changed.

Passive voice of verbs with two objects

Passive voice with two objects

Questions into passives

Webpage with many links to practise the passive voice structure

Basketball game to practise passive voice sentences.

To have something done. Causative passive

To have something done

Impersonal passives: It is said...

Impersonal Passive Voice ( people say ...)

☞Infinitives: to do , to be doing , to be done , etc

 People say that Mr President is  in China. Mr President is said to be in China.

 People thought that the cat was sleeping under the coffee table. The tiger was thought to be sleeping under the coffee table.

1. People say that she doesn’t tell the truth. She ...
2. People think that we aren’t busy today. We ...
3. People believe that this house must be painted. This house...
4. People say that I am looking for a job. I....
5. People think that you can’t answer the question. You ...
6. People consider that the President doesn’t want to be re-elected.  The President ...
7. People say that  she has got a large family. She...
8. People know that the Scots wear kilts. The Scots ..
9. People believe that  Tom spends holidays abroad. Tom ...
10. People said that I didn’t warn him. I ...
11. People thought  that Agnes wasn’t old enough to go to the disco. Agnes ...
12. People believed that John was murdered last week. John ...
13. People said that you couldn’t hear the car crash. You ...
14. People said that Eric didn’t remember his wedding. Eric ...
15. People thought that  The Nelsons family didn’t sell their house. The Nelsons family...
16. People considered that I had to enjoy his company.  I ...
17. People said that the weather was awful. The weather ...
18. People thought that Mrs Hanks knew a lot about  the art. Mrs Hanks ...
19. People believed that several nurses were looking after a patient. Several ...
20. People thought that a bank clerk was offered a better payment terms. A bank clerk ...

☞Infinitives : to have been, to have worked, to have been swimming, to have been asked, etc..

 People say that he  scored two goals. He is said to have scored two goals

 People thought that she had worked in the bank. She was thought  to have worked in the bank

1. Everybody knows that the rebellion was carefully planned. The rebellion ...
2. People say that Tony was punished for  missing classes. Tony ...
3. People say that the teacher made me read my homework aloud. I ...
4. People think that he was too short to play basketball. He ...
5. People think that she was warned against the hurricane. She ...
6. People believe that  my neighbours studied the Bible .
7. People say that we had a burglar alarm installed in our firm. We ...
8. People say that we were going to study  archaeology. We ...
9. People think that you required more time to solve the test. You ...
10. People say that we were visiting the Royal Palace. We...
11. The witness said that the ship had sunk in less than thirty minutes. The ship ...
12. People said that my uncle  had never spoken to a member of parliament. My uncle ...
13. People believed that he had committed the crime by himself. He ...
14. People said that the hurricane had damaged almost the whole town. The hurricane ...
15. People said that he had revealed the truth He ...
16. People believed that the judge  hadn’t taken a bribe. The judge ...
17. People said that the door hadn’t been locked. The door ...
18. People considered that I hadn’t known about her engagement. I ...
19. People thought that George hadn’t heard about our appointment. George ...
20. People said that my parents had never shouted at me. My parents ...