Past Simple Passive
Affirmatives |
Questions |
Negatives |
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I |
Ved or V2 |
Was |
I |
Ved or V2 |
I |
was + not |
Ved or V2 |
We |
Were |
we |
We |
were + not |
Active |
Passive |
He did not even touch the food. |
The food was not even touched. |
She painted a portrait in oils. |
The portrait was painted in oils. |
She arranged that trip to please her son. |
That trip was arranged to please her son. |
I trusted you large sums of money. |
You were trusted large sums of money. |
She rolled out half the dough and reserved the other half for the future use. |
Half the dough was rolled out and the other half was reserved for the future use. |
I forgave and forgot all strife between us. |
All strife between us was forgiven and forgotten. |
He improved their house. |
Their house was improved by him. |
I dropped lemon juice into tea. |
Lemon juice was dropped into tea. |
Someone dug a well a hundred years ago. |
A well was dug by someone a hundred years ago. |
She sprinkled the salad lightly with pepper. |
The salad was sprinkled lightly with pepper. |
They adopted the child as their heir. |
The child was adopted by them as their heir. |
We allowed the children to go to the park. |
The children were allowed to go to the park. |
The police broke the door down. |
The door was broken down by the police. |
They bound the sticks of wood together in bunches. |
The sticks of wood were bound together in bunches. |
Practice on Active into Passive and vice versa transformation
- They resumed their courage.
- She accepted his present unwillingly.
- Last year our institute enrolled over 500 students.
- They aired their room from the outside air.
- The police checked out his alibi.
- The police responded to emergencies just a few minutes after.
- A mysterious instinct prompted her.
- They raised a flag over the city.
- The chair was set apart from the others for the special guest.
- The artist pored over every drawing, trying to guess who drew each one.
- They assigned us a very difficult mission.
- All the best apples were picked off by the children.
- He described his experiences in a letter to his parents.
- She dragged me to the dentist.
- She handed out advice to the young people, whether they wanted it or not.
- She stored away her fur coats for the summer.
- She did it out of respect for her parents.
- The bellhop carried the luggage upstairs.
- She also cultivated a small garden of her own.
- They paid him the value of his lost property.