Lesson

Green Level

Lesson Eighteen

Passive Voice Practice

Now that you've learned how to use the passive voice in several different tenses, you should practice its use. This is an area where many students make mistakes in their English.

Active or Passive?

Do you know the difference? This exercise might help you. Just remember that when you first learn English, you are taught to use the active voice. There is a very big difference between the two.

Rollover image to see if the sentence is active or passive

She was scared by the spider.
The spider scared her.
He used chopsticks to eat his rice.
Chopsticks are often used in Chinese restaurants to eat rice.
He's making cloth on a loom.
Cloth is being made on a loom.
The woman was helped by the man.
The man helped the woman.
The woman's teeth are being cleaned by a dental hygienist.
A dental hygienist is cleaning the woman's teeth.

 

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