Passive Voice Worksheets and Exercises • 7ESL

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Learning the passive voice helps students add variety and depth to their writing. Instead of focusing on the subject doing the action, passive voice shows what is being done — making sentences more flexible and interesting. Our passive voice worksheets offer fun and practical exercises that teach students how to form passive sentences in different tenses.

Passive Voice Worksheets

Circle the Correct Passive Voice Worksheet

Read the sentences carefully, choose the correct passive voice form of the verb in brakets.

Fill in the Blank Passive Voice Worksheet

Fill in the blank using the correct passive voice form of the verb in brackets.

Passive Voice Exercises

Passive Voice Exercise 1: Multiple Choice

Direction:

Choose the correct passive voice form of the verb in brackets.
Circle A, B, or C.

Sentences:

A beautiful painting _______ (display) in the museum.
A) is displayed B) was display C) are displayed
The homework _______ (complete) by John before dinner.
A) were completed B) was completed C) is complete
Many emails _______ (send) this morning.
A) is sent B) were sent C) was send
A new hospital _______ (build) in the city center.
A) was build B) is built C) was built
The cake _______ (bake) by my grandmother yesterday.
A) was baked B) were baked C) is bake
The tickets _______ (sell) quickly for the concert.
A) is sold B) was sold C) were sold
The movie _______ (watch) by millions of people.
A) is watched B) are watched C) was watch
That old building _______ (repair) last year.
A) is repaired B) was repaired C) were repaired
Dinner _______ (serve) at 7 p.m. every night.
A) is served B) are served C) was served
A letter _______ (write) to the manager yesterday.
A) was written B) were written C) is write

Answer Key:

No.	Correct Answer
1	A) is displayed
2	B) was completed
3	B) were sent
4	C) was built
5	A) was baked
6	C) were sold
7	A) is watched
8	B) was repaired
9	A) is served
10	A) was written

Passive Voice Exercise 2: Correct the Mistakes

Direction:

Read each sentence carefully.
Find and correct the mistakes to make the sentence correct in passive voice form.

Sentences:

The homework are finished by Tom.
The movie was watch by millions of people.
A cake is bakes by my mom every Sunday.
Letters is sent every day by the office.
The house were cleaned yesterday.
The windows was broken during the storm.
The book are wrote by a famous author.
Dinner were served at 6 p.m.
A new road is builds near our town.
The test was checks by the teacher carefully.

Answer Key:

No.	Corrected Sentence
1	The homework is finished by Tom.
2	The movie was watched by millions of people.
3	A cake is baked by my mom every Sunday.
4	Letters are sent every day by the office.
5	The house was cleaned yesterday.
6	The windows were broken during the storm.
7	The book was written by a famous author.
8	Dinner was served at 6 p.m.
9	A new road is built near our town.
10	The test was checked by the teacher carefully.

Passive Voice Exercise 3: Change to Passive Voice

Direction:

Rewrite each sentence, changing it from active voice to passive voice.

Sentences:

The chef cooks a delicious meal.
The students completed the project yesterday.
My father fixes cars in his garage.
Lisa painted a beautiful picture.
The company will announce the results tomorrow.
The cat chased the mouse.
They are building a new mall in the city.
She writes a letter to her friend every week.
The manager gave him an award.
Someone has stolen my backpack.

Answer Key:

No.	Passive Voice Sentence
1	A delicious meal is cooked by the chef.
2	The project was completed by the students yesterday.
3	Cars are fixed by my father in his garage.
4	A beautiful picture was painted by Lisa.
5	The results will be announced by the company tomorrow.
6	The mouse was chased by the cat.
7	A new mall is being built in the city.
8	A letter is written to her friend by her every week.
9	He was given an award by the manager.
10	My backpack has been stolen.

Passive Voice Exercise 4: Complete the Sentences

Direction:

Complete each sentence using the correct passive voice form.
Fill in the missing helping verb(s) and past participle.

Sentences:

A delicious cake _______ _______ (bake) by my grandmother yesterday.
The results _______ _______ (announce) next week.
The car _______ _______ (wash) right now.
Several letters _______ _______ (send) yesterday.
The house _______ _______ (decorate) for the party.
The homework _______ _______ (finish) by the students.
The door _______ _______ (lock) every night.
New houses _______ _______ (build) in this neighborhood.
Lunch _______ _______ (serve) at 1 p.m.
The new library _______ _______ (open) last month.

Answer Key:

No.	Correct Passive Form
1	was baked
2	will be announced
3	is being washed
4	were sent
5	is decorated
6	is finished
7	is locked
8	are being built
9	is served
10	was opened

See more: Active and Passive Voice

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