Passive voice 1

The words and phrases in bold in each sentence are wrong. Write the correct
word or phrase.

1. Every year, several prizes are given to the best students.
2. When the pizza was delivered, it was cold.
3. You will be told when you can come in.
4. That song isn’t played on the radio very often, is it?
5. Your money was stolen out of your bag?
6. We weren’t allowed to use a dictionary in the exam yesterday.
7. That film won’t be shown in our local cinema for a long time.
8. Will I be picked up from the station on Saturday?

Complete using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

1. When people are arrested, they are taken to the police station.
2. Milk is usually kept in the fridge.
3. Are we told what’s in next week’s test?
4. How did people communicate over long distances before the phone was invented?
5. Are you allowed to come to the party next Saturday?
6. You will be given your exam results next Monday.
7. Was Aidan’s bike found yesterday?

Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Use the correct passive form of the verbs in the box. Add any other words you need.

1. At ten o’clock yesterday morning, the local bank in the high street was robbed.
2. At one minute past ten, the police were called.
3. A few minutes later, the police arrived at the bank. The crime scene was investigated.
4. At twenty past ten, the robbers’ fingerprints were found.
5. At half past eleven, the robbers were caught.
6. Next week, they will be sent.