Passive Structures
25 Interactive Grammar Exercises
Practice passive forms in the main English tenses.
Grammar Explanation
Passive Voice is used when the action or result is more important than the person who does the action.
Passive Structure: form of be + past participle
Example: The report is checked every morning.
German idea: [wird gemacht / wurde gemacht / ist gemacht worden]
Score: 0 / 25
1. English ______ in many countries. (present simple passive / general fact)
a) is spoken
b) speaks
*[Englisch wird in vielen Ländern gesprochen.]*
2. The reports ______ every morning. (present simple passive / routine)
a) check
b) are checked
*[Die Berichte werden jeden Morgen überprüft.]*
3. The office ______ right now. (present continuous passive / happening now)
a) is being cleaned
b) is cleaning
*[Das Büro wird gerade gereinigt.]*
4. New computers ______ this week. (present continuous passive / temporary process)
a) install
b) are being installed
*[Diese Woche werden neue Computer installiert.]*
5. The project ______. (present perfect passive / present result)
a) has been completed
b) has completed
*[Das Projekt wurde abgeschlossen.]*
6. The documents ______ already. (present perfect passive / finished action connected to now)
a) have sent
b) have been sent
*[Die Dokumente wurden bereits geschickt.]*
7. The meeting ______ yesterday. (past simple passive / finished past event)
a) was cancelled
b) cancelled
*[Das Treffen wurde gestern abgesagt.]*
8. The bridge ______ in 1998. (past simple passive / completed past action)
a) built
b) was built
*[Die Brücke wurde 1998 gebaut.]*
9. The road ______ when we arrived. (past continuous passive / action in progress)
a) was being repaired
b) repaired
*[Die Straße wurde gerade repariert, als wir ankamen.]*
10. The problem ______ all morning. (past continuous passive / ongoing past process)
a) discussed
b) was being discussed
*[Das Problem wurde den ganzen Morgen besprochen.]*
11. The room ______ before the guests arrived. (past perfect passive / earlier past action)
a) had been cleaned
b) was cleaning
*[Das Zimmer war gereinigt worden, bevor die Gäste ankamen.]*
12. The work ______ by noon. (past perfect passive / completed before past time)
a) had finished
b) had been finished
*[Die Arbeit war bis Mittag beendet worden.]*
13. The results ______ tomorrow. (future simple passive / future event)
a) will be announced
b) will announce
*[Die Ergebnisse werden morgen bekanntgegeben.]*
14. The new system ______ next month. (future simple passive / planned future process)
a) will test
b) will be tested
*[Das neue System wird nächsten Monat getestet.]*
15. The building ______ by June. (future perfect passive / completed before future time)
a) will have been completed
b) will have completed
*[Das Gebäude wird bis Juni fertiggestellt worden sein.]*
16. All applications ______ by Friday. (future perfect passive / future completion)
a) will have reviewed
b) will have been reviewed
*[Alle Bewerbungen werden bis Freitag geprüft worden sein.]*
17. The emails ______ every afternoon. (present simple passive / routine process)
a) are answered
b) answer
*[Die E-Mails werden jeden Nachmittag beantwortet.]*
18. The windows ______ at the moment. (present continuous passive / happening now)
a) replace
b) are being replaced
*[Die Fenster werden im Moment ausgetauscht.]*
19. The invoice ______ last week. (past simple passive / finished past event)
a) was paid
b) paid
*[Die Rechnung wurde letzte Woche bezahlt.]*
20. The hotel room ______ before we arrived. (past perfect passive / completed earlier)
a) prepared
b) had been prepared
*[Das Hotelzimmer war vorbereitet worden, bevor wir ankamen.]*
21. The contract ______ this afternoon. (future simple passive / planned future action)
a) will be signed
b) will sign
*[Der Vertrag wird heute Nachmittag unterschrieben.]*
22. The mistakes ______ before publication. (present perfect passive / present result)
a) have corrected
b) have been corrected
*[Die Fehler wurden vor der Veröffentlichung korrigiert.]*
23. The machine ______ while we were waiting. (past continuous passive / process in progress)
a) was being repaired
b) repaired
*[Die Maschine wurde repariert, während wir warteten.]*
24. The tickets ______ by tomorrow morning. (future perfect passive / completed before future time)
a) will have booked
b) will have been booked
*[Die Tickets werden bis morgen früh gebucht worden sein.]*
25. The documents ______ in the archive. (present simple passive / regular storage process)
a) are stored
b) store
*[Die Dokumente werden im Archiv aufbewahrt.]*
Current Score: 0 / 25