Fill in the blanks with an appropriate tense form – active or passive.
1The factory ............... around 500 people.
Wrong!
Use the active simple present "employs" to state a general fact about the factory.
2Dinner ............... at 7:30.
Wrong!
Use the passive simple present "is served" because dinner receives the action.
3Someone ............... my car stereo yesterday.
Wrong!
Use the active simple past "stole" with the finished past time word "yesterday".
4I still ............... that day.
Wrong!
Use the simple present "remember" because remember is usually a stative verb.
5A cinema is a place where movies ...............
Wrong!
Use the passive plural form "are shown" because movies receive the action.
6Two-thirds of the earth's surface ............... by water.
Wrong!
Use the passive simple present "is covered" for a general fact about the earth.
7The answer ............... to us.
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Use the passive simple present "is known" because the answer is known by people.
8He ............... by his grandparents.
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Use the passive simple past "was raised" because he received the action of raising.
9America ............... by Columbus.
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Use the passive simple past "was discovered" because America receives the action.
10The novel ............... into 30 languages.
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Use the present perfect passive "has been translated" to show a result up to now.
11He ............... on Monday.
Wrong!
Use the passive simple past "was last seen" because he was the person seen.
12I ............... by the noise.
Wrong!
Use the passive simple past "was distracted" because the noise caused the distraction.
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Answers
- The factory employs around 500 people.
- Dinner is served at 7:30.
- Someone stole my car stereo yesterday.
- I still remember that day.
- A cinema is a place where movies are shown.
- Two-thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by water.
- The answer is known to us.
- He was raised by his grandparents.
- America was discovered by Columbus.
- The novel has been translated into 30 languages.
- He was last seen on Monday.
- I was distracted by the noise.