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Passive Voice

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The Passive Voice exam has 41 multiple-choice questions across these levels: Primary (25), Secondary (41). Each attempt draws 10 at random from the level you choose. You get two tries per question, and each answer is explained afterwards. At the end you see your grade.

Sample questions

  1. 1. How is the passive voice formed?

    • be + past participle
    • do + infinitive
    • have + past participle
    • will + base verb
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    ✅ be + past participle

    Passive = subject + be (in the right tense) + past participle. "The book is written." "The cake was eaten." Be changes tense; the participle stays the same.

  2. 2. Complete: "These cars ___ in Germany."

    • are made
    • is made
    • is making
    • was made
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    ✅ are made

    "These cars" is plural, so "be" goes plural too: are made. In the passive the verb agrees with the thing receiving the action, because that is now the subject of the sentence.

  3. 3. Passive of "They gave Anna a prize", with Anna as the subject.

    • A prize was given Anna.
    • Anna gave a prize.
    • Anna is giving a prize.
    • Anna was given a prize.
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    ✅ Anna was given a prize.

    Verbs with two objects (give, send, offer, tell) have two passives, and English prefers the person: "Anna was given a prize".

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