Complete the following sentences using an active or passive verb form.
Hints
We use the active voice when the subject is the doer of the action.
We use the passive voice when something is done to the subject.
1Most things ............... plastic these days.
Wrong!
Use the passive form "are made of" because things receive the action of being made.
2My mother ............... wine from strawberries.
Wrong!
Use the active verb "makes" because the mother does the action.
3The house ............... at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "is being built" for a passive action happening now.
4This bag ............... of leather.
Wrong!
Use the passive form "is made" to describe the material of the bag.
5It ............... disappeared. I can’t see it now.
Wrong!
Use "has" with the intransitive verb disappeared because it is not passive.
6Their house ............... last week.
Wrong!
Use the passive form "was sold" because the house received the action.
7Do you think that the work ............... by Friday?
Wrong!
Use "will be completed" for a future passive action.
8These tablets ............... with food.
Wrong!
Use "need to be taken" because the tablets receive the action.
9The postman ............... this letter in the morning.
Wrong!
Use the active verb "delivered" because the postman did the action.
10You ............... the money last week.
Wrong!
Use "should have sent" to talk about an action that was advisable in the past.
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- Most things are made of plastic these days.
- My mother makes wine from strawberries.
- The house is being built at the moment.
- This bag is made of leather.
- It has disappeared. I can’t see it now.
- Their house was sold last week.
- Do you think that the work will be completed by Friday?
- These tablets need to be taken with food.
- The postman delivered this letter in the morning.
- You should have sent the money last week.