Active voice sentences in the simple past tense are given below. Change them into the passive voice.

In the simple past tense, passive verb forms are made by putting was/were before the past participle form of the verb.

Study the examples given below.

• I praised him. (Active)
• He was praised by me. (Passive) (Here we use was because the subject is the singular pronoun he.)

• I invited them. (Active)
• They were invited by me.(Passive) (Here we use were because the subject is the plural pronoun they.)

Answers

1. The winner was congratulated by them.

2. He was elected their leader (by them).

3. Those memories were cherished by her.

4. He was instantly recognized by me.

5. A brilliant question was asked by her.

6. An alarm was raised by her.

7. I was impressed by their performance.

8. Six children were raised by her.

9. A melon was eaten by me.

10. A picture was drawn by the child.

Worksheet 2

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate active or passive verb form.

1. He …………………………. by the cops. (detained / was detained)

2. The boy ……………………….. for lying. (punished / was punished)

3. Tens of thousands of people …………………………. by the pandemic. (killed / were killed)

4. The man …………………………. for being a spy. (arrested / was arrested)

5. A complaint ……………………….. by her. (filed / was filed)

6. He …………………… the truth. (spoke / was spoken)

7. The explosion ………………………. up the bridge. (blew / was blown)

8. The scandal ……………………….. out of proportion. (blew / was blown)

9. He ………………………….. by the mob. (attacked / was attacked)

10. The rowdies ……………………….. the poor boy. (bullied / was bullied)

11. I …………………………. a liar. (called / was called)

12. The teacher ……………………… the boy. (admonished / was admonished)

Answers

1. was detained, 2. was punished, 3. were killed, 4. was arrested, 5. was filed, 6. spoke, 7. blew, 8. was blown, 9. was attacked, 10. bullied, 11. was called, 12. admonished