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Primary English: The Passive Voice Challenge (10 Questions)
Primary English: The Passive Voice Challenge (10 Questions)
The third paper mixes everything: by for the agent, the fixed pattern It is said that, the retained indirect object after give, and nothing treated as singular, ending with three corrections on the past tense wrote and sang and on a be verb that fails to agree with the plural windows.
Quick answer A passive clause names the agent with by; in It is said that the it is a dummy subject; verbs such as give and send keep the indirect object when made passive; nothing and everything count as singular subjects; a passive verb always takes the past participle rather than the past tense, and the be verb must agree with the subject.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 questions |
| Suggested time | about 30 minutes |
| Difficulty mix | Challenge 10 |
| Chapter | Chapter: Primary English | The passive voice: be + past participle |
| Level | P6 |
02 Questions (10 items)
- ChallengeThe thief ______ by the police last night.
- ChallengeThe new stadium ______ before the end of next year.
- ChallengeIt ______ that the factory will close in June.
- ChallengeThe students ______ two hours to finish the paper.
- ChallengeThe old theatre ______ into a museum since 2015.
- ChallengeNothing ______ until the manager arrives.
- ChallengeAll parents ______ by email tomorrow.
- ChallengeCorrect the sentence: The letter was wrote by Tom.
- ChallengeCorrect the sentence: The windows is cleaned every week.
- ChallengeCorrect the sentence: The song was sang by a famous singer.
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | was arrested | The past passive uses was plus arrested and by introduces the agent. |
| 2 | will be finished | The future passive is will be finished, with the time phrase at the end. |
| 3 | is said | It is said that is a fixed passive pattern where the that-clause carries the real information. |
| 4 | were given | The verb give takes two objects, so the passive keeps the indirect object students and uses were given. |
| 5 | has been turned | Since 2015 calls for the present perfect passive has been turned. |
| 6 | will be decided | Nothing is singular as a subject, so the future passive is will be decided. |
| 7 | will be informed | The future passive will be informed is followed by the means, by email. |
| 8 | The letter was written by Tom. The passive needs the past participle written, not the past tense wrote. | A passive verb always takes the past participle, never the past tense form. |
| 9 | The windows are cleaned every week. The plural subject windows needs the plural be verb are. | The be verb agrees with the subject in number. |
| 10 | The song was sung by a famous singer. Sang is the past tense, while the passive requires the past participle sung. | Sang is past tense; the passive needs the participle sung. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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