← Unit 4

Passiv (Passive Voice)

Year 9 – from recognition to transformation across all tenses

In the passive, what matters is what happens – not who does it. It is formed with a form of be + past participle (3rd verb form). The exercises get progressively harder. Choose an exercise:

Quick overview

Drag & Drop · easy

1 · Active or Passive?

Sort the sentences: is it an active or a passive sentence?

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Drag & Drop

2 · be-form & tense

Match each tense with the correct form of be (+ past participle).

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Drag & Drop

3 · Sentence structure

Put the building blocks in the correct order – including the by-agent.

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Gap-fill

4 · Fill in the passive

Fill in the correct passive form – all tenses in short texts.

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Transformation

5 · Using the by-agent

Transform and decide: include the by-agent (important) or leave it out (unknown)?

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Transformation · hard

6 · Active → Passive

Transform whole sentences into the passive – all tenses and modal verbs.

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Transformation · very hard

7 · Two objects

From a sentence with two objects, form both passive versions.

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