Solutions for App 403

Passive (Present and Past) (2)

Let's practise the passive in the present and past!

We use the passive when the person doing the action is not important in the sentence. So an active sentence: Jo feeds the cat turns into a passive sentence: The cat is fed (by Jo).
The passive is also used in formal or factual writing or simply for style!

Passive Present: Use the verb "to be" with the past participle or 3rd form of the verb. For example: The ball is lost.
Passive Past Simple: Use the past of the verb "to be" with the past participle or 3rd form of the verb. For example: The ball was lost.
Passive Present Perfect: The ball has been lost.
Past Continuous: The ball was being lost.

The soup ______ stirred until bubbles appear.

Solution:
is

The house was ______ last February.

Solution:
sold

Last week my friend ______ met at the airport by his exchange family.

Solution:
was

Street dogs are __________ to the nearest animal shelter.

Solution:
taken

How is Karl? -He has just been __________ medicine to help him get better.

Solution:
given

The window ______ broken yesterday night.

Solution:
was

This morning the children ______ told to wait outside.

Solution:
were

______ your teeth brushed now?

Solution:
Are

The new president ______ elected last Monday.

Solution:
was

A lot of cheese ______ produced in France every day.

Solution:
is

Shoes ______ taken off in mosques.

Solution:
are

In the olden days animals ______ kept in the same house the family lived in.

Solution:
were

This piece of music was ______ by Mozart.

Solution:
written

Apples have been ______ on the family farm for centuries.

Solution:
grown