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Passives English quiz

Try out this passives English quiz to test your English grammar (English level B2). Sentences occur in the active voice or the passive voice and in different grammar tenses. In the active form, the subject is the person or thing that performs an action (e.g. The company sells more computers every year). In passives, the person performing the action is not the main focus and the subject changes (e.g. More computers are sold every year).

Read the text and type the correct verb form in the passive voice. There are only ten questions - can you get all of them right? Good luck!

1. Present simple

ACTIVE: He writes several emails every day.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: Several emails every day.

2. Present continuous

ACTIVE: She is dealing with a complaint at the moment.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: A complaint with at the moment.

3. Past simple

ACTIVE: I replied to the CEO yesterday morning.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: The CEO to yesterday morning.

4. Past continuous

ACTIVE: She was giving a presentation to potential clients.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: A presentation to potential clients.

5. Present perfect

ACTIVE: We have offered an attractive package for new bookings this month.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: An attractive package for new bookings this month.

6. Past perfect

ACTIVE: The team had achieved their weekly sales targets by Thursday.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: The weekly sales targets by Thursday.

7. Future simple (will)

ACTIVE: The partners will finalise next year’s budget shortly.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: Next year’s budget shortly.

8. Future (going to)

ACTIVE: My boss is going to expand our team to help achieve company expectations.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: Our team to help achieve company expectations.

9. Future perfect (will)

ACTIVE: They will have completed the recruitment process by the end of next month.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: The recruitment process by the end of next month.

10. Future perfect continuous

ACTIVE: Our team will have been developing the new software for over 18 months by the time it is finished.

Type the passive form in the box.

PASSIVE: The new software for over 18 months by the time it is finished.