Grammar- Passive

Question 1

Give

Answer 1

The police were given the information.
The information was given to the police.
You will be given plenty of time to decide.
I haven’t been given any information yet.
We had to do what we did. We were not given any choice

Question 2

Offer

Answer 2

I have been offered the job, but I do not think I will accept it.

Question 3

Show

Answer 3

I did not see the original document but I was shown a copy.

Question 4

Pay

Answer 4

Tim has an easy job- he is paid a lot of money to do very little.

Question 5

Ask

Answer 5

You will be asked about previous project and related lesson learned.

Question 6

Teach

Answer 6

You will be taught to cope with occupational pressures.

Question 7

Tell

Answer 7

You would be told about different secrets.

Question 8

Being told

Answer 8

I don’t like being told what to do.

Question 9

Being invited

Answer 9

We went to the wedding without being invited.

Question 10

Being taken

Answer 10

I remember being taken to the zoo when I was a child.

= I remember somebody taking me to the zoo

Question 11

Being Kept

Answer 11

Steve hates being kept waiting. (= he hates people keeping him waiting)

Question 12

Being Seen

Answer 12

We climbed over the wall without being seen. (= without anybody seeing us)

Question 13

Being given

Answer 13

I like giving presents and I also like being given them.

Question 14

Being knocked down

Answer 14

It’s a busy road and I don’t like crossing it. I’m afraid of being knocked down.

Question 15

Being bitten

Answer 15

How do you avoid being bitten by mosquitoes?

Question 16

Being treated

Answer 16

I’m an adult. I don’t like being treated like a child.

Question 17

Being stuck

Answer 17

You can’t do anything about being stuck in a traffic jam.

Question 18

Born

Answer 18

I was born in Chicago..
How many babies are born every day?
Which year you were born in?
I was born in a small town in the north of the country.

Question 19

Get for passive

Answer 19

There was a fight, but nobody got hurt. (= nobody was hurt)
I don’t get invited to many parties. (= I’m not invited)
I’m surprised Liz didn’t get offered the job. (= Liz wasn’t offered the job)

Question 20

Get- not passive

Answer 20

get married, get divorced get dressed (= put on your clothes)
get lost (= not know where you are) get changed (= change your clothes)

Question 21

Got stung

Answer 21

Alex got stung by a bee while he was sitting in the garden

Question 22

Get used

Answer 22

These tennis courts don’t get used very often. Not many people want to play here.

Question 23

Got stolen

Answer 23

I used to have a bike, but it got stolen a few months ago.

Question 24

Get paid

Answer 24

Rachel works hard, but she doesn’t get paid very much.

She’s a voluntary worker. She does not get paid.

Question 25

Get broken

Answer 25

Please pack these things very carefully. I don’t want anything to get broken.

Question 26

Get asked

Answer 26

People often want to know what my job is. I get asked that question a lot.

Question 27

Got stopped

Answer 27

Last night I got stopped by the police as I was driving home. One of the lights on my car wasn’t working.

Question 28

Lost

Answer 28

I didn’t know the way, so I got lost.

Question 29

Being interrupted

Answer 29

He doesn’t like being interrupted when he’s speaking

Question 30

Get broken

Answer 30

How did the window get broken? What happened?