Class 12 English Unit 12: Grammar: Passive Voice

 

Grammar: Passive Voice

Video for Passive voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7uvEllP5Jg

 

A.   Make passive sentences from the following information as in the example. Example:

Toyota cars/Japan/make: Toyota cars are made in Japan.

a.      volleyball/every/country/play

Volleyball is played in every country.

b.     spaghetti/boiling water/cook

Spaghetti is cooked in boiling water.

c.      each lesson/an exercise/follow

An exercise is followed in every lesson.

d.     taxes/the price/include

The taxes are included in the price.

e.      extensive information/the internet/find

An extensive information is found in the internet.

f.       our order/the waiter/took

Our order was taken by the waiter.

g.     the schedule/the participants/will distribute

The schedule will be distributed to the participants.

h.     the police/footprint/found

A footprint was found by the police.

i.       the children/the sandcastles/built

The sandcastles were built by the children.

j.       the father/the window/not going to open

The window is not going to be opened by the father. 

Let's Play Quiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5TDxAtRNs

 

B.    Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice using the correct form of verbs in the brackets.

a.      Call the ambulance! Two boys were injured (injure) in a motorbike accident.

b.     The clock was used (use) since the 17th century.

c.      I had to wait outside the classroom while the classroom was being cleaned (clean).

d.     The problem is being discussed (discuss) by the subject specialists at the moment.

e.      By the time I came back, the task had been finished (finish).

f.       Women are said (say) to be happier than men.

g.     Look! The house  is being destroyed (destroy) by the fire.

h.     The other three reports will have been submitted (submit) by next month.

i.       Many people are rescued  (rescue) from the floods by the security persons this year.

j.       The state of Florida was hit (hit) by a hurricane that did serious damage.

Let's Play Quiz:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a89saMBZ66s&t=66s

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