Question

A) Recognizing Active and Passive Sentences
Read the following sentences. Underline the verb or verbs in each sentence and then
Endicate whether the verb is active or passive and also which verb tense is being used.
Pareirasy.
Ex. This hotel was built in 1950.
People speak Spanish in Mexico.
1. All the food at the party was eaten.
2. I fed the cat last night.
3. The mail is delivered every day.
4. The mailman delivers our mail in the morning.
5. The meeting will be held in the conference room.
6. The mechanic has already fixed my car.
7. John's car is being fixed right now.
8. Twenty people were invited to the party.
9. They will make a decision at the meeting.
10. The wind blew down the trees.
B) Change the active sentences in the exercise above to passive. (Include the example.)
1.
2.
3.
passive-past tense
active present tense
4.
5.
6.

Answer 1

A. 1. All the food at the party was eaten. Passive - past simple

2. I fed the cat last night. Active - past simple

3. The mail is delivered every day. Passive - present simple

4. The mailman delivers our mail in the morning. Active - present simple

5. The meeting will be held in the conference room. Passive - future simple

6. The mechanic has already fixed my car. Active - present perfect

7. John's car is being fixed right now. Passive - present continuous

8. Twenty people were invited to the party. Passive - past simple

9. They will make a decision at the meeting. Active - future simple

10. The wind blew down the trees. Active - past simple

B. Example: Spanish is spoken in Mexico.

2. The cast was fed last night by me.

4. Our mail is delivered in the morning.

6. My car has already been fixed by the mechanic.

9. A decision will be made at the meeting.

10. The trees were blown down by the wind.