How should I use a mistake-review paper?

Answer once without looking, note the numbers you got wrong, then ask for each item whether the subject acts or receives the action, which tense it is, and whether the past participle is the right one.

What goes wrong most often in the correction items?

Three things: a past tense instead of a past participle after be, an irregular participle written as a past tense, and the active continuous is cleaning used as a passive.

Primary English: Passive Voice Mistake Review (10 Questions)

2026-11-05

Tutor Prep Guide · Primary English

The fourth paper reviews the mistakes: ten items gather the traps from the first three papers, seven gap fills on is and was, will be, has been, must be, the irregular participle sung and by for the agent, plus three corrections on broke, wrote and is cleaning.

Quick answer Ask two things first: is the subject doing or receiving the action, then let the tense fix the be verb (am, is, are, was, were, will be, has been, must be). After be always comes a past participle, and irregular verbs need their third form: sing to sung, write to written, break to broken. Use by only when the doer is named.

01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)

Item	Detail
Questions	10 questions
Suggested time	about 20 minutes
Difficulty mix	Error redo 10
Chapter	Chapter: Primary English \| Passive voice: be + past participle, tenses and by
Level	P6

02 Questions (10 items)

Error redoThis room ______ cleaned every morning.
Error redoThe window ______ broken by the boys yesterday.
Error redoThe results ______ be posted next Monday.
Error redoThe homework has ______ finished by all of us.
Error redoThe song was ______ by the whole class last week.
Error redoThe consent form must ______ signed by a parent.
Error redoThe birthday cake was baked ______ my grandmother.
Error redoCorrect the sentence: The window is broke by the boy.
Error redoCorrect the sentence: The letter was wrote by Mary.
Error redoCorrect the sentence: The room is cleaning every day.

03 Answers and one-line notes

#	Answer	One-line note
1	is	The subject is singular, so the present passive takes is plus the past participle.
2	was	Yesterday puts the sentence in the past, and a singular subject takes was.
3	will	The future passive is will be plus a past participle.
4	been	The present perfect passive is has been plus a past participle.
5	sung	The past participle of sing is the irregular sung, not the past tense sang.
6	be	A modal takes be plus a past participle, so must be signed.
7	by	A passive sentence names the doer after by.
8	The window is broken by the boy. Broke is the past tense, while the passive needs the past participle broken.	After be comes a past participle, and broke is the past tense.
9	The letter was written by Mary. The past participle of write is written, not wrote.	Irregular verbs need the third form: write, wrote, written.
10	The room is cleaned every day. The passive needs the past participle cleaned, while is cleaning is an active continuous form.	The room receives the action, so it is cleaned, not is cleaning.

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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