SECONDARY 2 PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE FORM

NOTES: Something that is not done by themselves.

They are passive.
FORM: Subject + verb to be + past participle + (by somebody)
e.g.

am

punished.

am

punished

by my teacher.

e.g. The window is

broken

by the children.

e.g. The chairs

painted

by the workers.

are

EXERCISE 1
1. The rice ___________________ (cook) by my mother.
2. The chair __________________ (move) by the students.
3. The books ___________________ (repair).
4. You _______________________ (told) to stay here.
5. The bridge ___________________ (repair) within 6 months.
6. The player __________________ (injure).
7. I ___________________ (kill) by a gun.
8. The bottle _________________ (fill) with water.
9. The wallets ___________________ (cover) by dirty clothes.
10. The songs ____________________ (listen) by many people.

EXERCISE 2
give--given; keep--kept; broke--broken; see--seen; steal--stolen;
take--taken; write--written; blow--blown; knew--known; threw--thrown
1. The table __________________ (break) by the naughty boys.
2. The books ____________________ (write) by our teacher.
3. The thief _________________ (see) by the policeman.
4. The shoes __________________ (steal) by the dog.
5. His towel ____________________ (take) by a big cat.

6. The stone ______________________ (threw) into the water.

7. The singers name _______________________ (know) by the public.
8. The birthday presents ____________________ (give) by her dear friends.
9. The English notes ___________________ (blew) away.
10. The stories _____________________ (keep) in the library.

EXERCISE 3
Rewrite the sentences into their passive form.
1. We keep the butter here.
___________________________________________________________.
2. They broke the window.
___________________________________________________________.
3. They are repairing the bridge.
____________________________________________________________.
4. You must shut these doors.
____________________________________________________________.
5. Thieves stole my watch.
_____________________________________________________________.
6. Someone gave her a hotdog.
_____________________________________________________________.
7. Dufy painted this picture.
_____________________________________________________________.
8. They threw away the old newspaper.
______________________________________________________________.
9. He looked after the children.
______________________________________________________________.
10.Tom made this cooker.
______________________________________________________________.