Passive Voice past simple

Question 1

What is the structure of the passive voice in the past simple?

Answer 1

The structure is ‘was/were + past participle’.

Question 2

Convert the active sentence ‘The chef cooked the meal’ to passive voice.

Answer 2

‘The meal was cooked by the chef.’

Question 3

True or False: In passive voice, the focus is on the action rather than the subject.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Fill in the blank: The book _____ (write) by the author last year.

Answer 4

was written

Question 5

Which sentence is in passive voice? A) ‘The baby was fed by the mother.’ B) ‘The mother fed the baby.’

Answer 5

A) ‘The baby was fed by the mother.’

Question 6

What is the past participle of ‘to break’?

Answer 6

‘broken’

Question 7

Change the sentence ‘The teacher graded the exams’ into passive voice.

Answer 7

‘The exams were graded by the teacher.’

Question 8

True or False: The subject of a passive sentence is the doer of the action.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Identify the passive voice in the following sentences: ‘The letter was sent yesterday.’

Answer 9

‘The letter was sent yesterday.’

Question 10

What auxiliary verbs are used in the passive voice past simple?

Answer 10

‘was’ and ‘were’